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Mississippi no longer requires professional licenses for beauty service providers who offer low-risk services.

College athletes in Mississippi will soon be able to earn money from their own name, image or likeness.

Mississippi legislators have agreed on a teacher pay raise plan, and it will head to Gov. Tate Reeves.

BATESVILLE, Miss. – Gov. Tate Reeves is anticipating Mississippi won’t have any major supply issues due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, but he said that could change if drivers panic buy fuel.   Speaking in Batesville Tuesday to tout the local economy, Reeves said that Mississippi gets less than 30 percent of its fuel from […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Families in Mississippi will get the last part of their federal unemployment benefits on Saturday, June 12. April Jackson said the benefits were keeping her and her seven children afloat for the time being. Gov. Tate Reeves believe the move will help fill thousands of available jobs in the state. Jackson, […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Friday, the Mississippi State Medical Association called on all school districts in the state to mandate masks in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. This latest surge, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, is running roughshod through communities, causing COVID-19 cases to rise to levels we haven’t seen […]

Gov. Tate Reeves’ office received a recommendation that MDA Director John Rounsaville’s employment be terminated 15 days before his resignation was announced. Rounsaville is set to stay in the job another two weeks.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislative leaders said Friday that they are asking Republican Gov. Tate Reeves to call the House and Senate into special session to enact a medical marijuana program and approve financial help for hospitals. They also want legislators during the session to authorize death benefit payments for law enforcement officers and […]

A new law signed by Gov. Tate Reeves will allow people who move to Mississippi from out-of-state to maintain their professional licenses.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Lawmakers working on a proposal to bring a medical marijuana program to Mississippi plan to have a draft of the legislation ready later this summer, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday. “I think we’ll have something that we can have serious discussions about, hopefully relatively soon,” the Republican governor said. Reeves […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Monday, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) said Mississippi “cannot have a full economic recovery until thousands of available jobs” in the state are filled. Gov. Reeves said he informed the Department of Employment Security to direct the Biden Administration that Mississippi will be opting out of the additional federal unemployment benefits […]