Editor’s Note | Sunshine Week Warning: Government Secrecy Leads to Mississippi Brain Drain
We hear so much hand-wringing about brain drain in Mississippi, but what we don’t talk about nearly enough is government secrecy.
We hear so much hand-wringing about brain drain in Mississippi, but what we don’t talk about nearly enough is government secrecy.
Transgender recognition would be blocked under a Mississippi bill defining sex as “man” or “woman.” The House passed the bill Wednesday.
Republican lawmakers who are trying to protect in-vitro fertilization treatments risk legalizing “back-door abortion,” a state official claims.
Duvalier Malone writes that Medicaid expansion will be a turning point for Mississippi’s health-care system and an economic boost for the entire state.
Mississippi could limit last-minute polling-place changes, ban AI images intended to cause harm and more.
History professor Dr. Erin Kempker responds to proposed legislation that would merge the Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University.
A conflict is building among Mississippi legislative leaders over whether to tweak an education funding formula or ditch it and set a new one.
Attorneys arguing that Mississippi’s state House and Senate maps are illegal racial gerrymanders are making closing arguments.
Proposals targeting transgender people and reviving a ballot initiative process are among the bills that survived a deadline.
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