Mississippi

A strong majority oppose last week’s state Supreme Court decision striking down both a voter initiative that approved medical marijuana and the entire process that Mississippians can gather signatures to place an issue on the ballot for voters to decide.

The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday issued a much-anticipated ruling that strikes down the Medical marijuana program enshrined in the constitution by voters in November.

The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Mississippi is continuing its steep decline.

Gov. Tate Reeves said Mississippi in early June will opt out of a federal pandemic program that has been providing an extra $300 a month in unemployment benefits to Mississippians since last year.

A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid expansion before voters on the 2022 midterm ballot, hoping to override a recalcitrant Legislature and put expansion in the state constitution.

According to the National Weather Service, damage has been reported in several Mississippi cities after severe storms rolled across the state overnight producing reports of more than a dozen tornadoes.

In the last week, Lafayette County has had 52 positive cases of COVID-19, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health, up from 44 new cases the week prior.

By Will StriblingMississippi Today One million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced during a Monday press conference.  While that figure...

On March 19, 2020, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced the first positive case of COVID-19 in Lafayette County.

By Will StriblingMississippi Today Mississippians are generally more open to getting a COVID-19 vaccination than they were in early January, according to a poll released Wednesday. The...