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Former Louisiana golf champ Sydney Moss wins State Am in playoff

Mississippi Christian University golfer Sydney Moss has won the 2026 Mississippi Women’s Amateur championship.

Mississippi opioid settlement addiction response projects could face further delays

The agreements were supposed to go into effect on July 1, but some organizations that were selected to receive the money haven’t signed them yet because the upfront project costs would be too high.

State employment flat. What are economists predicting?: Mississippi Marketplace

According to the center, employment in Mississippi grew an average of 1.3% each year from 2021 to 2025. It predicts that employment will decrease by an average of 0.1% each year between 2026 and 2030. 

Artist's Dollar General painting prompts viral conversation on rural socioeconomics

The Meridian-based artist tries to capture the Mississippi and the South that she has experienced – its people, its beauty and its contradictions. 

Expired subsidies force older Mississippians to drop ACA

Because insurers can charge people in their 60s premiums three times higher than those in their 20s, many older adults enrolled under the Affordable Care Act saw some of the steepest price increases this year without the income-based subsidies.