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Original investigative reporting on Mississippi corruption, pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) policy, the HB-1665 fight, Medicaid managed care contracting, donor-appointee pipelines, and the rural pharmacy access crisis. Mississippi is the entry point. The national system is the story.

MS Farmers & Growers NEWMoney help for Mississippi farms in one place. Grants, loans, cost-share, insurance and tax breaks. Pick tree, crop, markets or livestock. Each program links to its source.
Power MapClick through the people, companies, money and bills in our reporting. Pick any two and trace the trail between them.Officials DirectoryEvery elected official in all 82 counties, plus the Legislature, its committees, statewide officers and Congress. Search any name.
ElectionsMississippi candidates, who is paying for their campaigns, and what the public record shows. Gipson, Shad White, Scott Colom, with more candidates coming.Farm Money GuideFarm programs Mississippi farmers may have missed, deadlines still open, and the strings attached to taking the money.
Organizations15,814 IRS exempt organization pages. Search a name, then open the record.Business searchSecretary of State names in the loaded file, plus the IRS organizations. Pick a county or a name.
AUDIEThe Home Spur. Published facts on the Baltimore yard, Terafab, the SpaceX Texas sites, and Modine Grenada, with sources next to each claim. A proposal, not a contract.
Records Requests TrackerEvery public records request and preservation notice we send Mississippi agencies, with legal deadlines, responses and what is still missing.MDAHThe Department of Archives and History decides which public records may be destroyed. Our requests, the investigation, leadership and legal duties.
Department of RevenueOur records requests to DOR and a plain-language guide to all 47 of its records retention schedules, including tax rolls and tag and title records.

Mississippi officials map

2,886 officials. Click a person, then open the campaign report desk for that office. State, legislative, and judicial candidates file with the Secretary of State. County candidates file a paper report with the circuit clerk.

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82 counties

AdamsAlcornAmiteAttalaBentonBolivarCalhounCarrollChickasawChoctawClaiborneClarkeClayCoahomaCopiahCovingtonDesotoForrestFranklinGeorgeGreeneGrenadaHancockHarrisonHindsHolmesHumphreysIssaquenaItawambaJacksonJasperJeffersonJefferson DavisJonesKemperLafayetteLamarLauderdaleLawrenceLeakeLeeLefloreLincolnLowndesMadisonMarionMarshallMonroeMontgomeryNeshobaNewtonNoxubeeOktibbehaPanolaPearl RiverPerryPikePontotocPrentissQuitmanRankinScottSharkeySimpsonSmithStoneSunflowerTallahatchieTateTippahTishomingoTunicaUnionWalthallWarrenWashingtonWayneWebsterWilkinsonWinstonYalobushaYazoo

What we cover in Mississippi

  • HB-1665 / Section 86 — the PBM reform bill that passed the House 113–4 and was killed in Senate Public Health by a strike-all amendment in March 2026.
  • Senator Rita Parks & Phoenix Assurance LLC — the legislator who chaired the committee that killed HB-1665 while employed as VP/Managing Partner of a Mississippi-licensed pharmaceutical supply company.
  • Governor Tate Reeves & the Centene/Magnolia contract — $370,000+ in career contributions; $3.8B Medicaid managed care contract amendment executed in March 2026 while HB-1665 reform was in conference.
  • The $55.5M Centene overbilling settlement — what it established, what it didn’t fix, and what oversight failed.
  • Senator Kevin Blackwell’s pre-procurement letter — the December 3, 2021 communication to then-DOM Director Drew Snyder, now an open FOIA target.
  • The DOM revolving door — Drew Snyder’s departure October 31, 2024 and subsequent move to Capitol Resources.
  • Rural pharmacy closures — 312 independent pharmacies closed in Mississippi 2010–2024.
  • State Health Plan regulatory void — the 160,000-person plan explicitly exempt from state PBM regulation, ERISA, and the strongest provisions of CAA 2026.
  • Federal referrals filed — HHS OIG, FTC, DOJ Antitrust.

Investigative posture

Roach Roundup’s Mississippi coverage is nonpartisan. Corruption, conflicts of interest, undisclosed financial interests, and procurement irregularities are flagged regardless of party affiliation. The same standard of documentation is applied across the spectrum.

Standards

All allegations are labeled either VERIFIED (confirmed public record) or QUESTION RAISED (documented facts not yet adjudicated). No reporting on this page constitutes a legal brief, indictment, or finding of wrongdoing.

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