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- Selma Kelly-Alford, the former bureau director for language access at the Mississippi State Department of Health, poses for a photograph on Oct. 18. Credit: Gwen Dilworth/Mississippi Today
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Health department layoffs gutted preventive health leadership
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,10/21/25-2:52PM , 636 Reads 6,293 Statewide
Abrupt terminations at the Mississippi Department of Health earlier this month removed the directors of about a dozen preventive health programs from their posts, according to staff members who were laid off.
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Reddit AMA recap: How does Mississippi spend its opioid settlement dollars?
By MISSISSIPPI TODAY STAFF
Tue,10/21/25-2:40PM , 964 Reads 9,932 Statewide
Mental health reporter Allen Siegler recently published a series of stories investigating how Mississippi’s elected officials have been managing about $124 million of Mississippi opioid settlement money — money that the state is receiving as a result of laws
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- James Moore holds a log that records opioid-related deaths in the area as he talks about its significance at Moore’s Bicycle Shop, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Moore: Father reflects on his son’s overdose death and ways to battle opioid crisis
By JAMES MOORE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,10/21/25-11:18AM , 3,949 Reads 17,550 Statewide
Below is an opinion column by James Moore:

Editor’s note: October is National Drug Prevention Month, making an essay on the ongoing opioid epidemic both timely and pertinent. Mississippi Today Ideas publishes guest essays on the issues impacting the state.
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How would Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom handle the government shutdown?
By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,10/20/25-3:20PM , 640 Reads 7,817 Statewide
Incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has voted with the Republican leadership, and criticized Democrats for holding out for continued health care subsidies.
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