Mississippi will reimburse healthcare premiums for National Guard members’ Tricare Reserve Select insurance plans under a new law.

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vowed that U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson’s “reign of terror” will be over “soon,” referring to the state’s only Black member of Congress. He canceled a special session on redistricting set for this month, but says he expects congressional and state legislative redistricting to happen before the 2027 elections.

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Mississippi Senate Democrats protested against overriding any vetoes because the Senate did not make a motion to override the veto for the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Senate minority leader told reporters.

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The Mississippi Legislature is gaveling back in at the state Capitol on Wednesday at 1 p.m. for the official last day of the 2026 legislative session.

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Gov. Tate Reeves is accusing the Mississippi Senate of acting unconstitutionally and maliciously when the Legislature removed a word in a bill that would have affected loan interest rates to local governments as they recover from Winter Storm Fern.

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