Mississippi Today

Mississippi high schoolers no longer have to pass the U.S. history test to graduate.The Mississippi State Board of Education voted Thurs...

In this March 20, 2019, photo, a watch tower stands high on the grounds of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Miss. (AP...

Under the shadow of a rushed and unusually chaotic budget process last month, Mississippi legislators approved nearly $700,000 for a pilot p...

As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so jaundiced he ap...

The state of Mississippi and technology giant Nvidia have reached a deal for the company to expand artificial intelligence training and rese...

JXN Water manager Ted Henifin told U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate Tuesday that the utility plans to sue the neglectful apartment co...

A screening of the award-winning film “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” will be held June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Strand Theatre in Vicksburg as part...

This week’s pod touches on a number of subjects: the grit of J.J. Spaun, Cam Akers to the Saints, the College World Series, the NBA playoffs...

JUNE 18, 1949Ada Sipuel Fisher, right, is represented by attorneys Amos T. Hall, left, and Thurgood Marshall, center. Credit: Painting b...

Tucked away in west Jackson right off Capers Avenue are the remains of what used to be housing for people transitioning out of the Mississip...

Marla Demita could hear the screams of her 9-month-old son as soon as she entered Little Blessings Daycare in Yazoo City. When she got to th...

Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our s...

In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Marshall Ramsey checks in with Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, House Speaker Jason White and MDAH His...

JUNE 17, 1775Peter Salem became a hero in the American Revolution. He had been born into slavery in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 17...

Eight months ago, the first week of October 2024, J.J. Spaun walked the lush fairways of Country Club of Jackson in the Sanderson Farms Cham...

The electronic system that manages patient information for the University of Mississippi Medical Center now includes a field for “citizenshi...

Most members of a committee to advise the Mississippi Legislature how the state should spend the bulk of its national opioid settlement shar...

The daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy Sr. will join the “Daddy’s Daughters” panel on June 26 in Jackson. It’s the first event of...

Mississippi Today, in partnership with JPMorganChase, will present All In on Mississippi, a half-day gathering featuring discussions about i...

Reena Evers-Everette talks with Mississippi Today about her father's Civil Rights legacy, and his humanity, in advance of Medgar Evers at 10...

Mississippians who are uncomfortable with the state recognizing Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday have options.The state’s about 300...

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said he will decide Monday whether to delay Richard Jordan’s execution. The 79- year-old death row inmate’...

Thousands of people in Mississippi protested Saturday against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns and other policies as part of...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center has acquired Canton-based Merit Health Madison and is preparing to move a pediatric clinic to M...