Courtney Ann Jackson
Anchor and Statewide Reporter at WLBT-TV (Jackson, MS)
Award-winning WLBT/FOX 40 Anchor and Statewide Reporter. Ole Miss alum. Story ideas? Send to: [email protected].
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2 weeks ago |
wlox.com | Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If the Governor signs off on two bills, the way kratom is sold in the state will change. But thoughts on the details that played out in that legislation, depend on who you ask. “I don’t think we went far enough,” said Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes.
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2 weeks ago |
wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If the Governor signs off on two bills, the way kratom is sold in the state will change. But thoughts on the details that played out in that legislation, depend on who you ask. “I don’t think we went far enough,” said Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes.
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2 weeks ago |
wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Some bills awaiting the Governor’s signature are designed to support sexual assault survivors in Mississippi. Senate Bill 2211 would require emergency rooms in the state to have a sufficient number of rape kits and someone there to perform them. Rep. Dana McLean pushed to get the rape kit legislation through legislative hurdles. “It needed to happen this session,” said McLean.
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2 weeks ago |
wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The legislative session is officially over. But lawmakers will need to return to get the state budget done. The Senate adjourned sine die less than 24 hours after the House did the same. “Still have the budget to go and have proposed to the Speaker that we begin the budget negotiations and continue them as we have in the past, starting next week,” said Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann.
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2 months ago |
wlbt.com | Courtney Ann Jackson
Skip to contentBy Courtney Ann Jackson and WLBT StaffPublished: Feb. 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM CST|Updated: 1 hour agoJACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is said to be “doing well” and is in “good spirits” after he collapsed while presiding over the Senate chamber Wednesday morning. The Legislative YouTube channel quickly deleted video of the incident, but what was seen was Hosemann fall forward onto the podium and then fall to the floor.
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