EDITOR'S NOTE: Gov. Tate Reeves Has Failed the COVID-19 Leadership TestTate Reeves’ leadership logic says it’s OK to endanger people’s lives to keep churches and guns stores open using a constitutional excuse, but then ignore constitutional precedent on a procedure Mississippi women have the legal right to choose.
Gov. Reeves Signs Executive Orders for Virtual Meetings and Burn BanToday, Governor Tate Reeves announced his new executive orders to suspend in-person gatherings of business shareholder meetings and selection requirements of political parties in an effort to reduce transmission and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Lumumba: More COVID-19 Tests, Hazard Pay, Hotels for Infected ResidentsThe City of Jackson is purchasing 6,000 additional COVID-19 tests for use on first responders and local jail inmates, providing hazard pay to first responders and partnering with a local hotel to offer shelter to people who are infected.
COVID-19 Curve Still Rising in Mississippi With 181 New Cases, 3 DeathsMississippi saw its biggest increase in novel coronavirus cases in a single 24-hour period today with 181 new cases and 3 deaths for a total. The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 1,358 Mississippians diagnosed with COVID-19 as of …
Mayor Lumumba: Jackson Police Will Enforce Strong Stay-at-Home OrderJackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba stood before reporters in front of City Hall to both get tough with violators of his first executive order and to announce a detailed lockdown of the capital city, except for businesses and operations deemed …
OPINION: Suspending Housing Costs is a Moral and Economic ImperativeUniversity of Mississippi sociology professor and columnist James M. Thomas writes that Gov. Tate Reeves should do far more to help allay housing costs as workers are forced to stay home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
COVID-19: Can Mississippi Imitate South Korea?As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, the primary fear of observers worldwide is the threat of collapse of the health-care system. More severe infections than a state’s intensive-care units have the capacity to treat will dramatically increase the risk …
Local Jails, Prisons a Petri Dish for COVID-19?Prisoner advocates describe the COVID-19 situation as a ticking time bomb in Mississippi, where 19,000 people are serving sentences behind state prison bars and 5,200 people languish for months or years in county jails