2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
The former Fox News host has taken a break from shilling for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin just in time to shill for radical Islam in his holy war against Israel.
For months, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has trained his sights on Israel, echoing claims from the far left that the nation’s response to October 7th in Gaza is “evil” and describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “threat to Western Civilization.”
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
The state agency will ask lawmakers for $15 million to cover an increased state share for program administration and nearly $10 million for better income and asset verification tools.
Changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that are expected to affect Mississippi financially if the current error rate stays in place.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Chis Kastner, HII president and CEO, said shipbuilders at Ingalls and Newport News are committed to continuing their work in lock step with the Navy to expand the U.S. Fleet.
A new class of American-designed battleships was announced on Monday by President Donald Trump (R).
Speaking alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, the president said the new “Trump class” battleships will be the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Tameshia Williams, a single mom of four in Jackson who works as an elder aide, was kicked off Mississippi’s food stamp program in October despite being eligible. She says she was not informed of an upcoming appointment in the mail until after the appointment passed – a reality she worries will be the new normal for many families now that the federal government mandated more red tape for the program.
By Special to the Tate Record on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Tameshia Williams, a single mom of four in Jackson who works as an elder aide, was kicked off Mississippi’s food stamp program in October despite being eligible. She says she was not informed of an upcoming appointment in the mail until after the appointment passed – a reality she worries will be the new normal for many families now that the federal government mandated more red tape for the program.
By Special to the Tate Record on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is an opinion column by Donna Akers:
Dr. Donna Akers says if Mississippi truly wants to prepare students for lifelong success, we need to recognize that no single approach will fit every learner.
After more than 30 years in Mississippi’s public schools, I’ve seen the classroom change in ways I never imagined. When I first started teaching, education was about discovery. Students explored, asked questions, and learned to love learning. Somewhere along the way, that joy disappeared.
By Donna Akers - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, a 39-year old Nicaraguan man being detained by immigration authorities, has died in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital.
In the months leading up to his death on Dec. 14, Rodriguez had been held in the Adams County Correctional Center, which is run by Core Civic Inc.
By Mukta Joshi - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
NEW ORLEANS — Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
By Special to the Tate Record on
2 months 4 weeks ago
NEW ORLEANS — Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
By Special to the Tate Record on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, a 39-year old Nicaraguan man being detained by immigration authorities, has died in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital.
In the months leading up to his death on Dec. 14, Rodriguez had been held in the Adams County Correctional Center, which is run by Core Civic Inc.
By Mukta Joshi - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state’s plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler’s in-depth reporting has chronicled some issues and raised serious questions about how the state and local governments are spending the money, which is supposed to help address the scourge of opioid addiction, which has cost at least 10,000 lives in Mississippi since 2000.
By Geoff Pender, Allen Siegler and Laura Santhanam - on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state’s plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler’s in-depth reporting has chronicled some issues and raised serious questions about how the state and local governments are spending the money, which is supposed to help address the scourge of opioid addiction, which has cost at least 10,000 lives in Mississippi since 2000.
By Geoff Pender, Allen Siegler and Laura Santhanam - on
2 months 4 weeks ago
These Mississippians faced challenges, spoke out, made art and launched innovative projects in 2025. Our reporters wrote about their experiences – whether positive or negative – as part of our commitment to elevating the voices of everyday Mississippians, holding those in power accountable and shining a light on the state’s dark places.
By Mississippi Today Staff on
2 months 4 weeks ago
These Mississippians faced challenges, spoke out, made art and launched innovative projects in 2025. Our reporters wrote about their experiences – whether positive or negative – as part of our commitment to elevating the voices of everyday Mississippians, holding those in power accountable and shining a light on the state’s dark places.
By Mississippi Today Staff on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
Unless Congress reverses course, Mississippians will pay much more for ACA marketplace insurance in 2026.
Mississippians have benefitted more from the enhanced subsidies provided for the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance policies than the people of almost any other state.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, takes notes during a presentation by Mississippi Department of Child Services Commissioner Andrea Sanders, during a study group on women, children and family, held at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
State lawmakers and leaders of Mississippi’s public colleges and universities are examining ways to increase the number of adults who complete some form of education after high school, land a job and earn a living wage.
The initial conversations, held Wednesday and Thursday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate committees on universities and colleges, will likely continue during the 2026 legislative session.
Here are four key takeaways from the committee meetings.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, takes notes during a presentation by Mississippi Department of Child Services Commissioner Andrea Sanders, during a study group on women, children and family, held at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
State lawmakers and leaders of Mississippi’s public colleges and universities are examining ways to increase the number of adults who complete some form of education after high school, land a job and earn a living wage.
The initial conversations, held Wednesday and Thursday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate committees on universities and colleges, will likely continue during the 2026 legislative session.
Here are four key takeaways from the committee meetings.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Missisisppi’s appeals court on Tuesday rejected the state attorney general’s office request to vacate its decision to free a man, who later received clemency, for spending five more years in prison than the maximum for his crime.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Evan Turnage worked for years as a top aide for some of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. Now, the Yale-educated attorney from Jackson is launching a primary challenge aimed at ousting one of the body’s most long-entrenched members.
By Michael Goldberg - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Notes, quotes and an opinion or two from a Crescent City still buzzing Friday morning from Thursday night’s instant college football classic in the Sugar Bowl:
• Las Vegas oddsmakers have made Miami a three-point favorite over Ole Miss for next Thursday’s Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona. Oddsmakers set the over-under point total at 51.5. Undefeated and top-seeded Indiana is a four-point pick over Oregon in the Peach Bowl.
By Special to the Tate Record on
