The agency tasked with overseeing public health in the state is asking for $4.8 million in additional state funding.

Three years drug free and employed, Georgia Sloan felt her life was crumbling after gettig an eight-oyear sentence. It didn't.

CHAMP4Moms offers a direct phone line that health providers can call if they are caring for a pregnant woman or new mother they believe may have unaddressed mental health issues.

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison talks with Ray Higgins, executive director of the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System, about proposed changes in pension benefits for future employees and ...

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Mississippi has already lost about $1 billion this fiscal year by not expanding Medicaid — and there's six months before the clock resets.

Up to 93% of Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college, the nation's highest rate.