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Georgia Sloan overcame a lifetime of trauma and drug addiction to get clean. It wasn't enough to keep her out of prison.The post Faced wit...

On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 vote in Dred Scott v. Sandford upheld slavery..The post On this day in 1857 appeared...

House leaders said they have tried to address concerns of educators in their latest attempt to rewrite the longstanding formula that determ...

Two bills imposing strict limits on when people can be jailed without criminal charges while they await mental health treatment are headed...

A Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a measure that would allow Mississippi voters to cast ballots — in person — for 15 days prior to an...

Mississippians could soon purchase liquor and wine seven days a week under a plan that passed the Republican-majority House and is now head...

Two House committees passed a bill that would establish a committee to study the feasibility of creating an expansive program to provide pu...

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In northeast Mississippi, most often referred to as Hill Country, basketball is king. Last week's state championships proved it yet again....

Mississippi Today’s “Unfettered Power: Mississippi Sheriffs” investigation has been selected as one of six finalists for the coveted 2024 G...

A bill to close three public universities in Mississippi will die as expected after inspiring a weeklong ruckus that some lawmakers blamed...

On this day in 1770, Crispus Attucks, who had escaped slavery, became the first of five killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre....

House leaders say they’ve been working independently of any other group for more than a year to develop their sweeping new public education...

Mississippi law enforcement officers who sexually abuse those detained or on supervised release could face up to five years in prison under...

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Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices will face challengers in their reelection bids this year, and three people are running for an open s...

With his fellow Republican leaders set against him and pushing Medicaid expansion through the Legislature, Gov. Tate Reeves had a statewide...

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance talk with Spence Flatgard, chair of Ballot Access Mississippi, about legislation pe...

Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with the new Mississippi Today managing editor Michael Guidry to discuss how he...

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Riding around curvy roads in northeast Mississippi campaigning for reelection in 2007, Republican Gov. Haley Barbour unveiled to a reporter...

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After facing initial pushback, a proposal to close most of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman passed its first hurdle in the Se...

Former Republican President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s bid for reelection on Thursday, likely giving the incumbent sena...

he Blue Mountain Cougars brought a 28-1 record into Thursda’s Class 1A State Championship aand left with the gold trophy.The post Thanks t...