How much do Blue Cross, UMMC leaders make…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…