Alabama was the 49th state that passed equal pay legislation in 2019, making Mississippi the only state with no pay equity laws or sex discrimination laws. With Senate Bill 2451 and House Bill 770, the…
USM employees protest for pay raise
Nonprofit Mississippi News HATTIESBURG - Janice Jones looked around at the crowd, her brown eyes shining in the bright sunlight. A crowd of 30 protesters gathered at the fountain near University of Southern Mississippi's Danforth…
Unrivaled’ The Sewanee Tigers were a team for…
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak, you say? Although it's unlikely, it's possible. Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in one professional basketball game. It's unlikely, but it is possible that a 7-foot, 10-inch Michael Jordan will…
UMMC, Blue Cross agree to mediator in insurance…
Walter Johnson, senior counsel at Watkins & Eager will serve as mediator. According to Johnson's bio, he has "mediated and arbitrated hundreds" of cases for parties within and outside Mississippi since 1994. Mark Haire, Mississippi…
UMMC hosts job fair to combat nursing shortage
In the pre-pandemic era, UMMC had an average of 30 nursing positions open at a given time. Over the last few years, that number has risen to more than 200. The hospital currently has 30…
UMMC goes out of network with BCBS, impacting…
According to UMMC officials, this is the first time that the state's sole academic medical center has been officially out of network. It also does not have an active contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield.…
UMMC and BCBS ‘not optimistic’ about agreement, troubling…
Brown and her husband lived in constant uncertainty since that fateful day, which was over a year ago. Their son was diagnosed as having Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition that causes muscle weakness. It…
UM faculty opposes anti-critical race theory legislation
Nonprofit Mississippi News The Legislature is considering a bill to ban critical race theory. Tuesday's vote by the University of Mississippi's faculty senator was 32-8. After about an hour of discussion over whether language should…
Ugly softball incident in Laurel is a sign…
It doesn't matter what the score is. It will be forgotten within days, if it is not already. Those who were present at the scene will never forget what happened. Eyewitnesses have reported that Kiara…
Transplant candidates with Blue Cross impacted by insurance…
End-stage liver disease was the only option for him. A liver transplant was his only option. He had to have a double hip replacement and a number of procedures on his stomach. Also, he saw…