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The Delta Health Alliance will receive $1 million in the fiscal 2022 Medicaid appropriation bill, down from the more than $4.1 million it received in the previous two budget cycles.

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

A non-profit that receives most of its money from taxpayer funds will receive an earmark in the state’s Medicaid appropriation for the fifth year in a row.

The Delta Health Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Stoneville and manages 52 education and healthcare programs in the impoverished Mississippi Delta.

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Smilow Prep Charter School must meet certain conditions in order to continue serving 5th through 8th graders in Jackson. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

Mississippi charter school leader calls renewal process unfair, an ‘injustice’

Operators of a Jackson charter school say the board overseeing charter schools in the state did not take into account the most recent data and denied them due process when considering the school’s contract renewal.

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The emergence of interest groups and social media for campaigning and fundraising has raised the prospect of successful ballot initiatives. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

Is the Mississippi ballot initiative working as intended?

Mississippi voters’ right to change the state constitution hangs in the balance with the state Supreme Court, at a time when numerous groups are eyeing the ballot initiative as a way to overcome legislative fiat or recalcitrance.

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A teacher in Leland gets her pre-K student to recite her months of the year as she points to them. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Though access remains low, Mississippi pre-K earns high quality marks

Mississippi’s state-funded pre-kindergarten program has again received high marks in a national report that measures the quality of state-funded education for 3- and 4-year-olds nationally.

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Brad Mills, recently appointed Circuit Court Judge for the Twentieth Circuit Court District, Place 1

Governor Reeves Appoints 20th Circuit Court District Judge

Below is a press release from Governor Tate Reeves:

Governor Tate Reeves recently announced the appointment of Brad Mills as Circuit Court Judge for the Twentieth Circuit Court District, Place 1.

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Wicker, Hyde-Smith Praise $107 Million Award to Ingalls for Next Amphibious Warship

Below is a press release from Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith:

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GIPSON: Standing with Victims

Below is a press release from Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson:

This week, the 40th anniversary of National Crime Victims Rights Week (NCVRW), I find myself reflecting on not only the trauma, but the resiliency of Mississippi’s crime victims.

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AG Fitch Invites Mississippians to Observe National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

Below is a press release from Attorney General Lynn Fitch:

Attorney General Lynn Fitch invites all Mississippians to join the Attorney General’s Office in observing the week of April 18-24 as Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

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Ethan Williamson rounds third base in the second inning, but gets thrown out at home plate in Lamar Christian's 9-6 loss to Canton Academy. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Lamar Christian fails to hold off Canton Academy’s rally in 9-6 loss

PURVIS – Lamar Christian faces a tough road of achieving school history in getting past the first round of the playoffs.

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Signing the Milwaukee Tool Project Memorandum of Understanding, include, from left, Grenada County District 4 Supervisor Darrell Robinson, Board of Supervisor’s President Michael Lott and Matthew Harrison, CEO of the Greater Grenada Partnership. The tool manufacturer will construct a 500,000-square-foot accessories facility in Grenada. | Photo by Adam Prestridge

Milwaukee Tool facility locating to Grenada County creating 800 jobs

The landscape of Grenada County will soon change following Tuesday’s announcement that Milwaukee Tool will expand its footprint in Mississippi with the construction of an accessories manufacturing facility in the I-55 Business and Technology Park creating hundreds of new jobs.

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