Michael Goldberg

Personal news: I left @AP after 2.5 great years to join @MSTODAYnews as a political reporter. I’m thrilled to pick up where I left off in Mississippi and to join a team of reporters I’ve long admired!

Still developing: Senate leaders on Thursday realized improper spending of $1.9 million in the Health Department’s budget bill sent over by the House could jeopardize $1.2 billion in federal Medicaid money for Mississippi. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/29/hou…

Mississippi House Speaker Jason White outlined on Monday a list of priorities he will aim to advance during the 2026 legislative session. buff.ly/UeAEbwK

NEW: Lawmaker probing Mississippi prisons says she found inmates languishing without proper medical care, turning some short prison stints into death sentences. The suffering raises questions about how hundreds of millions in taxpayer money have been spent mississippitoday.org/2025/06/19/law…

In the next fiscal year, Mississippi is set to spend over $121 million on prison medical services, a number that has been climbing for years. But there is little evidence that the money is being spent on providing quality care, Rep. Becky Currie said. buff.ly/LDqN0nB

Hundreds gather to remember prominent Minnesota lawmaker and husband slain in their home apnews.com/article/minnes…

We're hiring at @MSTODAYnews! Open positions include: Health editor, video producer, education editor, education reporter and Jackson reporter. More info here: mississippitoday.org/careers/

BREAKING - Vance Boelter has been taken into custody alive, according to my sources.

hellooooo today is my first day as mississippi today’s new k-12 education reporter! the only people more thrilled than i am are my teacher parents. this significance of this job isn’t lost on me — there couldn’t be a more important time to be covering education in this state.

Lawmakers are back in Jackson today to adopt a $7 billion state budget after ending their regular session without an agreement. Here's what you need to know.

This week on The Other Side famed political consultant James Carville, the "Ragin' Cajun," joins the podcast. buff.ly/uR89XG8

A Danish man living in Mississippi for a dozen years has been imprisoned in Louisiana for more than a month after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took him into custody because of a “paperwork miscommunication” during his effort to become a naturalized U.S. citizen,…

The persistence of a thriving black market and an estimated $40 million to $80 million a year in tax revenue legal sports betting could bring in has prompted a fierce push for Mississippi lawmakers to legalize the practice. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/08/a-c…

Mississippi Today heard from dozens of people about the state’s shadow sports betting economy alongside growing concern among experts about the potential for gambling addiction. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/08/a-c…

Rankin County officials announced a $2.5 million settlement with two men tortured in a warrantless raid in January 2023. buff.ly/vGF9qAC