State Representative says Centene audit long overdue
Mississippi paid Centene over $1-billion between 2016 and 2020 to manage medicaid health insurance benefits. Last year alone, the company took in $111-billion, nearly doubling...
Author : Kelly Bennett
Governor Tate Reeves has until midnight tomorrow to sign remaining legislation
There are still close to 20 bills awaiting Governor Tate Reeves signature–including criminal justice reform–and the deadline is midnight tomorrow. Even if he doesn’t sign,...
Employers across Mississippi struggling to find workers
Employers across the state are struggling to find workers. According to Jackie Turner at the Dept. of Employment Security, there are around 50-thousand job openings...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith praise $107-million award to Ingalls in Pascagoula for Amphibious Warship
Huntington Ingalls in Pascagoula will receive $107,194,022 from the Navy to purchase materials in advance of construction of LHA 9, an America-class amphibious assault ship. ...
State lottery will have to adapt with market
Compared to some states, the Mississippi lottery is pretty basic. Outgoing MS Lottery Corporation President Tom Shaheen told SuperTalk MS in time, it will have...
Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice on Initiative 65 Lawsuit
Some state leaders have suggested that if the MS Supreme Court rules that the ballot initiative process used to gather signatures for Initiative 65 is...
MS coast dealing with record rainfall
A torrential downpour Thursday forced school closures across the coast. Flash flooding during the early morning hours made travel too treacherous. Some businesses had to...
Wicker and other Senate Republicans push for bipartisan infrastructure package
Republicans continue to push for a bipartisan infrastructure package. MS Senator Roger Wicker joined other Republicans Senators today, speaking out against the scale of the...
Free rides to vaccination sites available statewide
If you’ve been wanting to get vaccinated but lacked transportation to get there, MDOT is stepping in to help. They’re supporting a statewide initiative that...
Could CEOs affect election laws in Mississippi?
If CEOs want to tell Georgians how to manage their elections, what’s to stop them from doing the same in other states? It’s a question...