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  • 1 week ago | wlbt.com | Anthony Warren |Courtney Ann Jackson

    The Randy Travis Foundation is investing $5 million into the former Burlington Coat Factory at Metrocenter Mall.(WLBT)By Anthony Warren and Courtney Ann JacksonPublished: May 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM CDT|Updated: moments agoJACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Country music superstar is planning to invest some $5 million in a portion of Metrocenter Mall.

  • 1 week ago | wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson

    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The state budget is still not finalized after day one of the special session. Lawmakers are deciding on how to spend your tax dollars. The 101 budget bills were split between the House and Senate. “There’s no way to predict how long our appropriations committee will take taking up this many bills,” said Speaker Jason White early in the day. The answer was more than 3 hours of House appropriations committee members going through each bill individually.

  • 1 week ago | wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson

    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Governor Tate Reeves announced Tuesday that he’s calling lawmakers back to the State Capitol for a special session to begin at 11:00 Wednesday morning. “On the call is the approval of the $7.135 billion budget,” explained Governor Tate Reeves. Reeves says that the budget will essentially mean level funding for state agencies. “There weren’t a lot of huge disagreements around funding of the core functions of government,” said Reeves.

  • 2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson

    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The budget bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday morning will have major impacts on healthcare around the country. We joined a conversation with some of the stakeholders to learn what it could mean for Mississippi. “Thankfully, it’s not as bad for Mississippi as it is in some other states,” noted Mississippi Hospital Association President and CEO Richard Roberson. That’s in large part because Mississippi hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

  • 2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson

    JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A new federal law is aimed at addressing the growing problem of deepfakes, sextortion and online bullying. One Mississippi family knows the issue all too well. In Walker Montgomery’s case, it was online sextortion through a social media platform. “It’s designed really around what happened to Walker in a lot of ways,” said Walker’s father Brian Montgomery about the Take It Down Act.

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