The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the first pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season on Friday, Jan. 24. Have you had a flu shot?

The child's death marks the first pediatric flu death in Mississippi during the 2024-2025 flu season. The child had not had not received a flu vaccine for this season, according to the state health department.

The proposed “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program Fund” shows how hardline immigration policies at the federal level have influenced policy proposals in states and localities.

A Mississippi lawmaker has introduced legislation which if passed would set up a bounty hunting program targeting undocumented migrants. Republican State Rep. Justin Keen from DeSoto County proposed the bill that would create the “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program” which is aimed at “accelerating deportation efforts in line with the Trump Administration’s immigration priorities.

A Mississippi District Attorney proposed new legislation on Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport undocumented immigrants.