Drew Snyder left his post as Director of Mississippi’s Division of Medicaid at the end of October. Now, a Politico report indicates he may be waiting in the wings to assume the role of leading the federal program.

Drew Snyder is expected to assume leadership of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicaid division after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office Jan. 20.

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

Based on signals coming from the leadership in both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature, Medicaid expansion in this state will have to wait for at least another year.

The LMC Epilepsy Walk at Harrison Central High School commemorates the life of Lance Michael Carter, a local music producer and former band member at the high school, who died from epilepsy. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held a ribbon cutting for a new outdoor workout station at the Jackson County Campus.

Mississippi's two top legislative leaders ... Delbert Hosemann said they are looking to address tax cuts, Medicaid expansion, amend the state's public retirement system, advance the school choice ...

New data shows that Mississippi women died of pregnancy complications at nearly twice the national rate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The former leader of Mississippi’s public health insurance program for children, pregnant women, low income and disabled people has been tapped to run the overarching federal program, Politico ...