Bobby Harrison

Richard Roberson, president and CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association, tells Mississippi Today's Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender a new Trump administration would likely approve Mississippi Medicaid expansion work requirements. He says revamping the state's certificate of need laws is likely to be a major issue before lawmakers, and he discusses a new alliance of hospitals that left the MHA and formed a new organization.

Mississippi Today’s Taylor Vance and Bobby Harrison interview Central District Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens about his Nov. 26 runoff election. Kitchens is being challenged by state Sen. Jenifer Branning, R-Philadelphia. (Note: Mississippi Today also has extended an invitation to Branning to appear on “The Other Side” podcast.)

Though Mississippi legislators effectively outlawed abortion, it is still technically legal under a 1998 interpretation of the Mississippi Constitution.

Gov. Tate Reeves may have found a soulmate in his long quest to ensure the teaching of only positive American history: Donald Trump.

If Kamala Harris does well in 22-county central district, that should bode well for Jim Kitchens, who seeks a third term on Supreme Court.

While Mississippi is viewed as a strict anti-abortion state, the state Supreme Court ruling from the 1990s affirming the right to an abortion has never been overturned.

'That is the opinion of any superintendent you talk to, any principal,' Evans said.

Mississippi Today's Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison discuss Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney's recent proposal to change his office's traditionally elected position to an appointed one. Chaney is not the first Mississippi elected official to suggest such a bold step, and the politics of the state could make this debate a fiery one in 2025.

Analysis: When Black candidates are on the ballot, Mississippi voters typically clock record or near-record turnout.

Analysis: Anemic jobs growth in Mississippi should not be blamed on past tax cuts, but it is difficult to argue that tax cuts are spurring jobs growth.