A bill pending in the Senate would eliminate Mississippi's "pink tax" on feminine hygiene products, contraceptive products, baby formula and diapers. #msleg buff.ly/3poTRNv

folks on audience teams don’t just “send tweets.” we do that, and so so much more! this thread sums up a typical day for an audience person. lots of stuff, lots of stakeholders, lots of work

Today is #EqualPayDay. It marks how far into this year women must work to earn what men earned last year. #Mississippi is the only state without an equal pay law on the books. Closing the wage gap between men and women would cut the poverty rate for working women in MS by half!

Couple of opportunities right now to be part of what’s going on at Mississippi Today: Young folks! Tell us why you did or didn’t stay in Mississippi: mississippitoday.org/2021/04/15/mil… And/or, tell us about your vaccination experience for our new video project (🎉): buff.ly/2QjTAQg

Help me out #planttwitter. There’s a tree in my side yard that people frequently stop and take fruit and trimmings from. Someone just drove here specifically to take some leaves. The fruit looks like a lemon, but is all flesh, no meat (no fruit yet this year). What is it?

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Mississippians, please fill out this survey about brain drain here! And give our Emerging Fellow, Candace, a follow at @dupreedupree11. She is awesome and we're so pumped about the work she's doing!! Mississippi Today

If there’s one thing I’m always going to love it’s a passenger train. Great read by our new coast reporter, Sara DiNatale! The fate of Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return rests with a federal board | Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2021/04/29/the…

“Nigel has the rare ability to see people for who they are and, importantly, knows how to tell their stories in vivid and revealing ways,” Mississippi Today editor in chief Adam Ganucheau said. Join us in welcoming Nigel Dent to the audience team! buff.ly/3xGKJbO

Today you'll notice a retooled Mississippi Today homepage to thoroughly cover the state's COVID crisis. This week alone, 15 of our journalists have published COVID stories. All our energy is focused on providing any info you need to get through this. Stay safe and stay informed.

Welcome to the team Julia James! Maybe one of these days we'll be back together in person.

Excited to share that today is my first day at Indiegraf Media as a digital campaign specialist! It's a hard goodbye to Mississippi Today after 3.5 years (I'm not leaving JXN—just working remotely!), but I'm thrilled to continue in the work of building sustainability for local news.

One of the beautiful things about libraries is that libraries are for everyone. No matter your age, gender, or walk of life, the perfect book is waiting for you at your local library. This #LibraryShelfieDay, we're highlighting some of our fave books at MLC! #LibraryLIfe

The day is here! We are proud to announce the #NewsStartupFund, a new hands-on, progressive funding model built to fit the unique needs of small independent outlets. Here are 4 key things you need to know about this $3.5M scale-up of Indie Capital:

JACKSON STATE, WE’RE COMING TO YOUR CITY‼️ The epic HBCU rivalry matchup between Southern University Football and @GoJSUTigersFB is up next!

hey y’all! we are in the process of trying to expand and restart deliveries but we could really use some extra help. even if you can’t donate, a retweet or repost would be so appreciated. thank y’all for the support thus far 😊 gofund.me/2e991453

Mississippi Today and two other news outlets have allied to oppose former Gov. Phil Bryant’s effort to block the public from viewing emails and text messages that could shed light on an investigation involving the misuse of federal welfare dollars.  buff.ly/3JVKcKz

What an accomplish for Anna Wolfe and Mississippi Today. Previous Mississippi-based Pulitzers for reporting went to the Vicksburg Post for tornado coverage in 1953 and the Clarion Ledger for its education reporting in 1983. This is a BIG deal.

Damn well deserved Anna Wolfe Mississippi Today!!