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Which bills has Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves vetoed?
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The veto pen is among the most powerful tools of the Mississippi Legislature, and Gov. Tate Reeves has wielded it habitually in his tenure. This year, his vetoes have mostly been directed toward public health bills so far, with more likely to come.
Reeves can handle bills that passed both chambers in three ways. He can sign bills that he supports into law, and he can allow them to become law without his signature. He can also hit the brakes on pieces of legislation that he disagrees with, vetoing all or part of a bill and resigning it to a future legislative session.
He has vetoed four bills as of Wednesday, April 8, half as many as he did the previous two sessions, but Reeves will continue reviewing legislation and potentially reject more proposals over the coming days.
Medical marijuana
Reeves vetoed both of the medical marijuana bills that passed through the Legislature this session, issuing the fatal blow for bills that had already faced unfriendly chambers.
One of the bills, the “Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act,” had a single, specific provision that Reeves took issue with. The bill’s original intent, which Reeves described as commendable, was to extend the opportunity to try medical marijuana to those with debilitating conditions that fall outside of the current law’s scope.
Mississippi law identifies approximately two dozen qualifying conditions, but medical professionals, including state health officer Daniel Edney, argued that there were many other conditions that could benefit from medical marijuana. The bill would have allowed patients, with the support of their doctors, to apply for a limited treatment course to see whether marijuana might help them.
“I believe nearly all reasonable people would agree that a Mississippian suffering from a painful and debilitating terminal illness should be afforded an opportunity, subject to medical review,” Reeves wrote, “to try any medication or treatment to ease their suffering when they are near the end of life.”
The issue, Reeves wrote in his veto letter, came in the Senate, where the bill was amended to extend the right to try to “every person on the planet.” Legislators inserted a provision that would allow non-residents to participate in the program. Under the bill, people who live in Tennessee, where medical marijuana isn’t legal, could have pursued treatment across the state border.
“I share the State Health Officer’s concerns that the amendment of HB 1152 beyond its original intent has the potential to upset the tenuous balance struck by the Act,” Reeves wrote, “and poses an unreasonable risk of pushing the medical marijuana program in the direction of facilitating recreational use.”
Reeves generally supported the bill, he wrote, and would sign it if the Legislature filed it again with only the narrow changes included at the start.
The other bill took a tumultuous path from inception to Reeves’ denial. Its initial proposal would have loosened the state’s medical cannabis program restrictions, including by doubling the validity of medical user cards to two years and extending caretaker card validity to five years.
It also would have eliminated the requirement for a patient to follow up with their provider six months after receiving their medical cannabis card.
Nearly immediately, legislators pushed back against the House bill. Some senators, heeding advice from doctors and medical lobbyists, reined the provisions in.
Two years of user card validity reverted to one, and five years of caretaker card validity was clawed back to two instead. Both chambers approved the more modest changes in the amended bill and sent it to the governor’s desk, where Reeves slammed the door on the bill and, likely, most other proposed changes to medical marijuana law.
The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act has been “largely successful,” Reeves wrote, and he believes “there is no reason to alter it now.”
The disaster loan program
Reeves’ first veto of the session targeted the disaster loan program, a legislative proposal meant to help cities and counties in Mississippi recover from the devastating winter storm that occurred at the start of the year.
With the veto and harshly worded veto letter, Reeves took aim at the state senate again, having previously attacked the chamber’s leadership after it killed the school choice initiative without discussion.
The loan program conflict emerged over interest rates and, as Reeves wrote, legality.
The program was simple enough on its face: the state would loan money out to needy municipalities and, when the loan was repaid, send more money back out to other places, doubling or tripling the impact of the fund.
Reeves said he and legislators compromised on a monthly 1% interest rate on recovery loans, down from the 2% rate he initially favored. That language made its way into the bill, but lawmakers decreased it to a 1% rate for the year instead.
Disagreement ensued. Reeves wrote in his veto letter that lawmakers went behind his back to change the bill sneakily, and potentially illegally, while members of the Legislature maintained that everything was done above board and the governor’s proposal would have crushed already vulnerable municipalities.
“The plainly unconstitutional (and possibly criminal) act of the person or persons that attempted to surreptitiously change a material (and negotiated) term of Senate Bill 2632 is unconscionable,” Reeves wrote, “and calls into question the validity of every bill that I have signed into law this session.”
Writing that it “plainly violates multiple provisions of the Constitution,” Reeves vetoed the bill. The veto came during the session, though, so lawmakers added the loan program, now with a 3% annual interest rate, in a different bill. Reeves signed the second attempt on April 6.
Will there be more vetoes?
Based on numbers from previous years, there is a chance that Reeves will veto more bills in the coming days. He has five days to reject or sign a bill after it hits his desk, otherwise allowing the law to go into effect without his participation.
Some provisions that he has vetoed in the past, including a government efficiency bill and $13 million grant for LeFleur’s Bluff State Park, are back on the table this session. In both bills, the language that Reeves identified as problematic last year has been altered, potentially indicating that it has a better chance of passing into law.
Bea Anhuci is the state government reporter for the Clarion Ledger. She covered the 2026 Mississippi legislative session and the decisions that lawmakers made. Email her at banhuci@usatodayco.com.
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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for June 30, 2026
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 30, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from June 30 drawing
02-11-17-29-30
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Winning Cash 3 numbers from June 30 drawing
Midday: 9-2-2, FB: 6
Evening: 0-0-8, FB: 8
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Winning Cash 4 numbers from June 30 drawing
Midday: 4-3-6-6, FB: 6
Evening: 7-6-5-5, FB: 8
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Winning Cash Pop numbers from June 30 drawing
Midday: 07
Evening: 02
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
Winnings of $599 or less can be claimed at any authorized Mississippi Lottery retailer.
Prizes between $600 and $99,999, may be claimed at the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters or by mail. Mississippi Lottery Winner Claim form, proper identification (ID) and the original ticket must be provided for all claims of $600 or more. If mailing, send required documentation to:
Mississippi Lottery Corporation
P.O. Box 321462
Flowood, MS
39232
If your prize is $100,000 or more, the claim must be made in person at the Mississippi Lottery headquarters. Please bring identification, such as a government-issued photo ID and a Social Security card to verify your identity. Winners of large prizes may also have the option of setting up electronic funds transfer (EFT) for direct deposits into a bank account.
Mississippi Lottery Headquarters
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Flowood, MS
39232
Mississippi Lottery prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date. For detailed instructions and necessary forms, please visit the Mississippi Lottery claim page.
When are the Mississippi Lottery drawings held?
- Cash 3: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
- Cash 4: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
- Match 5: Daily at 9:30 p.m. CT.
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Amy Carruth named director of Mississippi State Hospital – SuperTalk Mississippi
Mississippi State Hospital now has a new director.
Following the retirement of 36-year veteran administrator James “Bo” Chastain, the behavioral health facility has announced Brandon native Amy Carruth as its director. Carruth was hired from within after having spent the last 14 years in several key roles, including deputy hospital administrator and director of quality assurance.

Throughout her tenure, she has led policy development, strategic planning, and organization-wide quality improvement initiatives, helping strengthen operations and support high-quality patient care across the hospital.
Recognized for her expertise in Joint Commission standards, Carruth has guided Mississippi State Hospital through multiple accreditation surveys while leading continuous improvement efforts across the organization. She has also helped modernize organizational workflows, implement evidence-based quality improvement practices, and strengthen accountability through data-informed decision-making, officials say.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Carruth coordinated infection prevention efforts, implementing evolving safety standards, developing operational procedures and supporting the rollout of employee vaccinations. Her leadership helped position the hospital to continue delivering care while adapting to unprecedented challenges.
In addition to her administrative responsibilities, Carruth has served as the designated institutional official for the medical center’s psychiatry residency program, overseeing graduate medical education and supporting the development of future psychiatrists.
Before joining Mississippi State Hospital in 2012, Carruth served in leadership positions with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, where she gained extensive experience in public administration, organizational leadership, and strategic planning.
“At the core of Mississippi State Hospital’s mission is the belief that every person served here deserves compassionate, high-quality care,” Carruth said. “I’m proud to be a part of this agency and our mission, and I look forward to continuing the legacy of providing hope, safety and recovery to Mississippians in need.”
Mississippi State Hospital a publicly funded behavioral health facility operated under the direction of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. It is located on 350 acres in Rankin County near Pearl and Brandon, and is colloquially known as Whitfield.
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Bobby Harrison: Mississippi Democrats hope they are not saying ‘if’ again after midterm elections
“If” has often been the refrain for many Mississippi Democrats after losing statewide elections, as they have done with regularity since 2003.
“If we only had a candidate who could energize true Democrats to the polls, we could win those statewide elections,” is a paraphrase of the full refrain.
That “if” has to be in the back of Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom’s mind as the Democrat campaigns to upend incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the November midterm election.
In short, what Colom has to ponder is some people’s belief that a lot of Mississippians support many of the principles of national Democrats but are not voting because Mississippi candidates generally avoid those issues or campaign with a more conservative bent.
Colom’s already herculean task is made even more difficult by the fact that independent Ty Pinkins, a former Democrat, is also in the race and could possibly siphon votes from him.
Colom, obviously, needs every Democratic vote in his bid to upset Hyde-Smith and become the first Democratic senator from Mississippi since the 1980s and the first Black Mississippi senator since the 1800s.
Recent Democratic campaigns
Former Attorney General Jim Hood, the last Mississippi Democrat to win a statewide election, was accused of not embracing his party as he campaigned with his hunting dog, rifle and pickup truck in his 2019 loss to Republican Tate Reeves in the governor’s race.
After the 2023 election, former Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley faced much of the same criticism after his unsuccessful attempt to defeat Reeves. Most would concede that Presley ran closer to the national Democratic Party than did Hood.
The results, though, were close to the same.
In his 2020 campaign against Hyde-Smith, former U.S. Rep. Mike Espy came closer to running as a national Democrat than both Presley and Hood. For that effort, Espy garnered more votes than any Democrat in a statewide campaign since Bill Waller in his victorious 1971 gubernatorial race.
But Espy garnered a lower percentage of votes in a higher-turnout election than did Hood or Moore.
In 2019, Reeves defeated Hood 52% to 47%, or by a little more than 45,000 votes. In a lower-turnout election four years later, Reeves beat Presley 51% to 48%, or by fewer than 27,000 votes.
In the 2020 Senate election, Hyde-Smith won 54% to 44%, or by fewer than 131,000 votes in the highest turnout election in the state’s history. Remember, Espy garnered more votes than any Democrat since Waller in the 1971 gubernatorial election.
What the numbers mean for midterm election
Based on the numbers, can the argument be confirmed that some Mississippians are sitting at home on election day who could sway the election to a Democrat if they could be inspired to go to the polls?
In considering that question, it is important to keep in mind that Mississippi is generally near the bottom each election cycle in terms of voter participation.
According to the University of Florida Election Lab, nationally 66.4% of eligible voters cast a ballot in 2020. That year 60.6% of eligible Mississippians did so.
If Mississippians had equaled that national participation in 2020, an additional 126,500 people would have voted.
If that had occurred and all the additional voters had cast Espy ballots, which of course would not have happened, he still would have lost to Hyde-Smith by about 5,000 votes.
But that was a presidential election, and by happenstance an election that set both a national and Mississippi record for the number of voters. A midterm election, such as the upcoming Colom vs. Hyde-Smith contest, is a different story. The turnout will be much lower – perhaps closer to a Mississippi gubernatorial turnout.
In that instance, new voters perhaps could make a difference for Colom if – there is that word again – he could equal Presley’s or even Hood’s performance.
Colom, though, must walk that fine line of attracting those mysterious hard-to-find Mississippi progressives while not scaring away moderate voters who might be considering him in the current political environment where Trump and the Republicans have lost some of their luster nationally and perhaps even in true-red Mississippi.
If – if – Colom could accomplish those goals, perhaps he could give Mississippi Democrats something to cheer about for the first time in a long time.
Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today’s senior capitol reporter, covers politics, government and the Mississippi State Legislature. He can be reached at [email protected]
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