Infant Deaths Rise In Mississippi, The Deadliest State For Babies
Mississippi continues to lead the nation in infant deaths, a Sept. 12, 2023, report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows.
Mississippi continues to lead the nation in infant deaths, a Sept. 12, 2023, report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves claimed in an Aug. 28, 2023 tweet that his Democratic opponent, Brandon Presley, had called on him to disassociate from donors to the University of Southern Mississippi and that he had called all USM supporters “corrupt” in relation to the state’s $77 million welfare scandal.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is looking for a new owner for the second time since 2022 and could fail unless the State of Mississippi expands Medicaid, the mayor of Greenwood, Miss., is warning.
Two Mississippi Democratic candidates want to debate their Republican opponents ahead of the Nov. 7 primary election this year.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann defeated longtime Mississippi Sen. Chris McDaniel in Tuesday’s Republican primaries.
Gov. Tate Reeves won the Republican nomination for governor with almost 75% of the vote on Tuesday night, the Associated Press projected.
“We, as journalists at the Mississippi Free Press, will continue to focus on pursuing the truth and reporting the facts as we find them—not as partisans wish we would report them. That is our job,” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.
Cassandra Welchlin, Dr. Sandra Melvin and Dr. Nakeitra Burse write that working poor Mississippians need Medicaid expansion.
Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor Brandon Presley outraised Republican Gov. Tate Reeves nearly 4-to-1 over the past month, campaign finance reports show.
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