Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi sued Mississippi over a decade ago for making sure that its executives' compensation couldn't be disclosed. The University of Mississippi Medical Centre -- despite being subject to the…
Disgraced welfare director bowed to Phil Bryant’s wishes
In 2016, the former governor of Mississippi appointed Davis to manage the state's $1 billion public safety net. Mississippi Today obtained text exchanges that revealed the governor's influence over the agency. The scandal auditors claim…
Trying to Reason with COVID-19 with Marshall Ramsey
May 17, 2020. What we're going through is real, scary, and traumatic. Everybody has experienced this virus, and it seems that everyone is going through five stages of grief: denial, anger and bargaining. You can…
Q&A New DHS director considers increase to welfare…
Anderson laughed as Anderson remembered that Anderson wanted to meet with the long-time investigator "about an agency". The caller suggested that Anderson should "just come up to governor's office." Anderson was being tapped by the…
Marshall Ramsey interviews Dr Jennifer Bryan
Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today's Editor-at-Large, sits down to talk with Jennifer Bryan. Dr. Bryan was elected the first woman to chair the Mississippi State Medical Associations Board of Trustees. She educates legislators on global medicine…
How many Mississippi kids are poisoned by lead
GREENWOOD -- Mayor Carolyn McAdams doesn't know how serious the problem of lead exposure in Greenwood is. According to limited data, the devastating effects of lead exposure on children in Greenwood are just as severe…
Coast shrimpers cling to legacy through the industry’s…
Danny Ross, a Ocean Springs shrimper, has been living on a boat since he was able to walk. As a child, he remembers climbing onto the dashboard to view the steering wheel. His dad would…
Waging a living How Mississippi’s abundant low-wage workers…
Ward and Drones make $8.50 an hour, respectively. They greet shoppers, stock goods, and work the cash register. Two of Mississippi's 42,000 cashiers are Drones and Ward. They are the most common job in Mississippi,…
Meet Mimmo Parisi, the political powerbroker who uses…
He listened with his arms crossed as Jake McGraw (public policy coordinator at William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation) presented his findings about the state's "brain-drain" crisis. According to Census data, Mississippi is losing the…
Failing and forgotten Black students languish as a…
YAZOO CITY (Mississippi) -- Sharonique Freeman quit Webster Elementary School because her teachers kept leaving. Freeman had to go through so many substitutes and instructors that her parents Joe and Sharon Freeman decided to homeschool…