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- Hinds County residents cast their votes at Eudora Welty Library during Mississippi's Primary Election Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America
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Ballot initiative fix not likely to occur during 2021 special session
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,10/12/21-9:48AM , 870 Reads 9,336 Statewide
Fixing the state’s broken ballot initiative process will likely not be part of any special session to be called by Gov. Tate Reeves in the coming days.
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- Workers build scaffolding as renovation work continues on the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, including repairs to its copper dome, Saturday, October 2, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Here’s how the Mississippi budget works
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,10/11/21-8:48AM , 1,211 Reads 11,283 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

Federal funds comprised 44% of the total state budget in fiscal year 2020 – the last not impacted by COVID-19. For the current 2022 fiscal year, 47.2% of the total funds appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature came from Uncle Sam.
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- A voter walks into Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Madison, Miss., Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America
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Attorney general argues in federal court that Jim Crow-era voting ban should be upheld
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,09/22/21-3:12PM , 908 Reads 9,648 Statewide
Justin Matheny, the state attorney representing Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, argued in federal court on Wednesday that a provision of the state Constitution adopted in 1890 designed to prevent African Americans from voting should be upheld.
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First, it was Common Core. Now, critical race theory is the ‘biggest threat’ to Mississippi schools.
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/07/21-11:12AM , 2,282 Reads 24,840 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

A few years ago, many in the state argued that the enactment of Common Core national education standards would result in the ruin of Mississippi’s public education system.
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