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Photos | The Final Days of the 2026 Mississippi Legislative Session
The Mississippi Legislature wrapped up the 2026 legislative session this week. Here are some photos from the final days of this year’s session.
Mississippi Governor Signs SHIELD Act Into Law, Enacting Voter Citizenship Checks
Mississippi is one of several states to enact a voter citizenship check, joining a push by President Donald Trump to go after noncitizen voting. Critics say these laws will create unnecessary barriers to voting.
Babies Are More Likely to Die in Mississippi. Doctors Want to Study Why.
The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel would review fetal deaths, the deaths of infants up to one year in age and “establish strategies to prevent infant deaths.”
Photos | Medical-Cannabis Patients, Workers Protest Governor’s Vetoes
About 100 Mississippi medical-cannabis patients, industry workers and advocates protested against Gov. Tate Reeves vetoing two medical-cannabis bills.
Mississippi Medical-Cannabis Patients, Workers Protest Governor’s Vetoes
About 100 Mississippi medical cannabis patients, industry workers and advocates protested against Gov. Tate Reeves vetoing two medical-cannabis bills.
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Annual Citizenship Checks of Mississippi Voter Rolls Headed to Governor’s Desk With SHIELD Act
Mississippi Republicans are pushing to require verification of U.S. citizenship for every voter on the state’s rollbooks annually under the SHIELD Act, a bill the Mississippi Legislature is preparing to send to Gov. Tate Reeves.
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Mississippi Governor Vetoes Winter Storm Aid Bill, Accusing Senate of ‘Possibly Criminal’ Act
Gov. Tate Reeves is accusing the Mississippi Senate of acting unconstitutionally and maliciously when the Legislature removed a word in a bill that would have affected loan interest rates to local governments as they recover from Winter Storm Fern.
Mississippi to Require Mail Ballots a Day Early for Elections if US Supreme Court Strikes 2020 Law
Mississippi circuit clerks would need to receive mail-in absentee ballots by the day before an election under House Bill 908, which would go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Mississippi’s grace period for counting late-arriving ballots.
Ted DiBiase Jr. Found Not Guilty of Crimes Over Receiving Millions in Mississippi Welfare Funds
A jury found Ted DiBiase Jr. not guilty of 13 federal charges involving millions of Mississippi welfare dollars his companies received.
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Seeking Real Change: South Jackson Combats Legacy of White Flight, Inequity and Blight
South Jackson was once a thriving white middle and upper-class segment of Mississippi’s capital city—that is, before white and economic flight alongside deeply embedded systemic inequity took its toll.
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