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Medicaid Expansion Dead in Mississippi Due to Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Top Republican Says
Mississippi will not expand Medicaid this year because of federal Medicaid funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Mississippi Senate Medicaid Chairman says.
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Brochures Calling Medgar Evers’ Killer ‘Racist’ Still Available at Evers Home
Visitor brochures detailing the true history of the racist who murdered Medgar Evers are available to visitors at his memorialized home in Jackson, Mississippi, after a report said they had been removed.
Culture
Person of the Day | ‘A Civil, Civil Servant’: Remembering Vicksburg’s First Black Mayor, Robert Walker
Robert Walker, the first Black mayor of Vicksburg, died in July 2025. Six months later, those whose lives he impacted remember his passion and accomplishments as a community leader.
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Opinion | Recognize Health Care as an Essential Public Service
In today’s politically polarized world, it can feel like there’s almost nothing Americans agree on. One major exception is health care—specifically, how terrible it is. Across party lines, Americans believe the system has serious problems or is in crisis, that insurance companies have too much influence over health policy, and…
Award-Winning MFP JournaLism
Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 108 Honors for MFP Team, 8 for YMP, Since 2020
As of July 25, 2025, our team is up to 108 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Greenwood Solutions Circles: Dec. 2, 2025
The Mississippi Free Press held a Solutions Circle in Greenwood, Mississippi, on Dec. 2, 2025.
No Danger to Gloster Residents After Sunday Fire at Drax Biomass Plant Fire Contained, Officials Say
Emergency services from multiple counties are responding to an emergency at the Drax Pellet Plant in Gloster, Mississippi.
Mississippi’s Fern Death Toll Rises to 16 as Frigid State Fights Power Outages, Water System Failures
As Mississippi heads into an even colder weekend, the death toll from Winter Storm Fern rose to 16 on Friday and over 79,000 remained without…
When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk
Aging infrastructure is a major challenge when it comes to extreme weather in prisons, jails and detention facilities across the U.S.