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Mississippi Today is thrilled to announce that veteran journalist Emily Wagster Pettus has joined our newsroom as senior editor. buff.ly/dTcMvtc

Expanding access to PrEP is a national public health challenge. But Mississippi is the farthest behind the rest of the country in reaching people who could benefit from the medication. buff.ly/ErIUtMv

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Nissan said its Tennessee and Mississippi factories are "strategically important," following an announcement that it will cut 15% of its workforce before 2027 and shut down seven factories globally. tennessean.com/story/money/20…

Jockeying and fundraising for Mississippi's 2027 statewide elections is already in full swing, with politicians eyeing open seats for governor, lieutenant governor and potentially others through a domino effect. buff.ly/ZjElEPf

Sen. Daniel Sparks, a Republican from Belmont, says the Legislature in the 1990s wrote a blank check for the state public employee retirement system and the bill is coming due now. buff.ly/iSfusBI

White has been an obsequious and fervent supporter of Trump as he starts a run for governor, but his fight with Brett Favre has some top Trump operatives against him. buff.ly/z2NnsSP

Katherine Lin will report on development, where politics and economics intersect throughout the state. buff.ly/DukXa3n

House Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said separately that they have reached a handshake deal on a $7 billion state budget. buff.ly/DjTHjmS

Gov. Tate Reeves says he will call a special session next week, though he doesn't specify if topics other than the budget will be included. Multiple legislators say they've been told the session will begin on Wednesday morning.

At 2pm, I’ll be calling a special session to finalize the budget for Fiscal Year 2026. Tune in live on Facebook for more details! facebook.com/tatereeves

Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Tuesday that he will call lawmakers into a special session beginning on Wednesday to adopt a $7 billion state budget for the coming budget year that starts July 1.  mississippitoday.org/2025/05/27/gov…

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Today has been a crazy day at the MS Capitol: House Democrats filibustered a special legislative session by forcing the reading aloud of lengthy budget bills. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/28/tem…

Special Session Update: The MS Senate is working diligently this afternoon to finish their work and pass all the necessary bills to fund state agencies for FY 26. I have been meeting with Lt. Governor Hosemann and Senators throughout the day. We have identified a few minor

House Speaker Jason White removed Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, a Republican from Picayune, as chairwoman of the House Drug Policy Committee last week, a rare move from a speaker two years into his first term as leader of the House. buff.ly/pd4vt7i

Sinners may have brought Clarksdale into the national spotlight, attracting thousands of visitors to the small city last weekend. One thing about my folks back home is that they have always been proactive in creating the change they wish to see. NEW: capitalbnews.org/sinners-screen…

NEW: Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is skeptical of the multimillion-dollar Army parade on Trump’s birthday. “I would have recommended against the parade,” he told me. Other GOP senators have cost concerns. w/Joe Gould Paul McLeary POLITICO politico.com/live-updates/2…