Bobby Harrison

Column: A possible correlation between declining national test scores and increasing public dollars pumped into private schools should be considered as state leaders mull drastic "school choice" measures.

Twenty-five years ago this week, Jim Barksdale gave the state of Mississippi $100 million for a reading program. The historic gift paid off in a major way, improving reading scores and signaling the importance of investing in an integrated public schools system.

Column: If Tate Reeves and other Mississippi Republicans prevail in eliminating the state income tax this year, they should join hands, face northward, and shout a resounding, "Thanks, Joe Biden!"

A new guided missile Navy destroyer ship will be named in honor of former Mississippi governor and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

Analysis: Gov. Tate Reeves, still shouting his desire to eliminate the income tax, is silent on another key financial issue facing the state.

Analysis: Donald Trump is working to curtail freedom of speech to a degree that perhaps has never been seen in this country.

Former Auditor Steve Patterson joins Mississippi Today's Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender to discuss a government waste study he conducted in the 1990s. Patterson draws contrasts between his 1990s study, which was legally authorized by the Legislature, and a highly scrutinized 2024 study from current Auditor Shad White, who did not get legislative authorization before spending $2 million.

Roger Wicker is continuing a long tradition of Mississippians serving in powerful positions in the U.S. Senate.

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison talks with Ray Higgins, executive director of the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System, about proposed changes in pension benefits for future employees and what is needed to protect the system for current employees and retirees. Higgins also stresses the importance of the massive system to the Mississippi economy.

Mississippi has already lost about $1 billion this fiscal year by not expanding Medicaid — and there's six months before the clock resets.