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Just over a year into his uniquely powerful role reviving Jackson’s water infrastructure, third-party manager Ted Henifin is supporting an...

'Putting a person in jail because they’re hearing voices and you don’t know what to do with them — that’s not right,' -- state Rep. Kevin F...

Justice Department officials sent a letter Thursday to the Lexington Police Department, raising questions about its use of force, fines, ar...

Students from across the state competed in the 2024 High School Welding Competition held at Delta Technical College in RidgelandThe post H...

Justice Department officials sent a letter Thursday to the Lexington Police Department, raising questions about its use of force, fines, ar...

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For the first time in more than a decade, the House of Representatives will consider legislation to restore voting rights and Second Amendm...

Presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women passed overwhelmingly in the Senate on Thursday and now heads to the governor. Hous...

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On this day in 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black American to win an Oscar, playing the role of the servant Mammy in the film “Go...

At the time State Auditor Shad White announced arrests in what he called a historic public embezzlement bust, which involved officials funn...

Medicaid expansion, which for more than a decade has been blocked by legislative leaders, passed the House Wednesday 98-20 in less than 15...

Coast meeting that focused on Bonnet Carre Spillway was first of many looking at managing the Lower Mississippi RiverThe post Army Corps e...

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The Justice Department says the state of Mississippi of violating the constitutional rights of those held in four prisons.The post Justice...

A lawmaker behind a controversial bill to close three public universities in Mississippi says its chances of becoming law this session are...

If Mississippians are allowed to vote to enact a new initiative process to allow citizens to bypass the Legislature and place issues on the...

The MHSAA and MAIS State Tournaments are in the Jackson metro area this week and the Crooked Letter Cleveland boys are all over it. Every g...

The Senate Elections Committee on Tuesday advanced legislation to eliminate the five days local elections workers have to count mail-in abs...

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On this day in 2003, a federal jury in Jackson, Mississippi, convicted Ernest Avants of murder — the first federal murder charges connecte...

The state’s Republican-led House is expected to vote on Mississippi Medicaid expansion as soon as Wednesday after a committee unanimously a...

Cost and logistics are holding up a bill that would shutter most of Mississippi's infamous Parchman penitentiary.The post Senate bill to c...

Ridgeland police arrived at a local bank on a mild, sunny day last January to intercept what they observed as an active abduction.They...

Former Gov. Phil Bryant’s intent to accept stock in a pharmaceutical company that had received hundreds of thousands of federal funds from...