Heather Harrison
Reporter at Mississippi Free Press
Contributor at Starkville Daily News
award winning multimedia journalist | reporter @msfreepress | @msstate alumna | former @reflectoronline editor & @starkvilledaily freelancer | tweets=my views
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1 week ago |
mississippifreepress.org | Heather Harrison
Mississippi’s state government could shut down in less than two months unless House and Senate leaders reach a budget deal, potentially paralyzing state agencies that deal with public safety, health, education, courts, regulations, prisons and more. The 2025 legislative session ended in early April without lawmakers finalizing a budget amid disagreements over money for local infrastructure projects and concerns about federal funding freezes and economic uncertainty.
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2 weeks ago |
mississippifreepress.org | Heather Harrison
Three endangered Mississippi hospitals will switch to a Medicare payment model that could keep them afloat after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved their applications for the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program. Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Magee General Hospital in Magee and the Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro will participate in the program, which the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services facilitates.
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3 weeks ago |
midfloridanewspapers.com | Nick Judin |Heather Harrison
Jackson, MS (Mississippi Free Press)Black Mississippians' votes do not count as much in white-majority districts. In-vitro fertilization is not protected under Mississippi law. Elementary and secondary reading scores are improving, but math scores are falling behind. Mississippians still do not have access to Medicaid expansion. And the state still has an income tax and a tax on groceries.
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3 weeks ago |
mississippifreepress.org | Heather Harrison
In a special runoff election on April 22, voters in Mississippi House Districts 23 and 82 will elect candidates to represent them in the state Legislature. Residents in Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc and Webster Counties will choose a representative for Mississippi House District 23 on March 25 following the death of Rep. Andy Stepp, a Republican from Bruce, Miss., who died on Dec. 5, 2024. He had served in the House since January 2024.
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4 weeks ago |
mississippifreepress.org | Heather Harrison
The Mississippi Legislature’s newly redrawn Mississippi Senate District map does not follow court orders to strengthen voting power for Black Mississippians in DeSoto County, a unanimous three-judge panel ruled on Tuesday. The Legislature has seven days to propose a new Senate district map, the judges said.
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The 2025 legislative session ended in early April without lawmakers finalizing a budge. Then an April 30 deadline Gov. Tate Reeves set for the House and Senate to reach an agreement on the state budget passed without any public developments. https://t.co/DMt1Zk0AWM
Trump still hasn't approved Gov. Reeves' request for FEMA assistance for the 14 Mississippi counties that suffered damage during severe storms in March. Reeves said he remained "hopeful" that Trump would approve the major disaster declaration. https://t.co/xTMe3EhiFy
Three endangered Mississippi hospitals will switch to a Medicare payment model that could keep them afloat after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved their applications for the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program. https://t.co/acINnbg6nI
