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Family members of Daisy Bates, of Arkansas, stand around her statue, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, after an unveiling ceremony for the statute of...

While the state is still in a strong financial position, the downward trend in government revenue continued for May, according to a Legisla...

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Mississippi Speaker of the House of Representatives Jason White, R-West, addresses the chamber after being elected to the leadership role at...

Andy Gipson speaks at the Westin Jackson after being named Mississippi’s new agriculture and commerce commissioner Tuesday, November 5, 2019...

American swimmer Janet Evans looks on as Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Atl...

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance provide an overview of House Speaker Jason White’s plan to cut the st...

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Lonzell Wright pays for his items at Farmacy Marketplace in Webb, Miss., Friday, October 28, 2022. Farmacy is the only grocery store in the...

On this day in 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in restaurants in Washington, D.C., was unlawful. The post On this day...

As the search continues for Jackson State University’s new president, a panel of educators including (from left) Board of Trustee member Gee...

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Mississippi Today took an extraordinary step this afternoon in asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court order that threaten...

Thomas Duff gives the keynote speech during the 15th Circuit Intervention Court graduation at Woodlawn church in Columbia, Miss., on Friday,...

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NCAA Super Regionals are this weekend, but Mississippi will not be represented for the first time in a while. Both Mississippi State and So...

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch speaks to pro-life demonstrators at the Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurP...