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Legislative leaders on Tuesday pushed back on Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ social media post that criticized state lawmakers for pressing a...

With their sneakers planted firmly on the NCAA Basketball Tournament bubble, the Ole Miss Rebels and Mississippi State Bulldogs meet Wednes...

Mississippi’s oldest and infamous State Penitentiary at Parchman could be forced to shut down by 2028, sending its thousands of inmates and...

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Experts told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday that expanding Mississippi Medicaid would bring a large influx of federal dollars — costing the s...

House leaders filed a bill Tuesday that would ditch the objective formula that has for decades determined the funding level for Mississippi...

The Legislature has overwhelmingly passed a bill to regulate how insurance companies decide which prescription drugs and medical procedures...

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First-year House Speaker Jason White said his intention this year is to “scrap” and “rewrite” the formula that funds Mississippi’s public s...

Members of the Rankin County “Goon Squad” who  inflicted decades of terror on residents would be among those listed in a public database of...

Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s reluctance to investigate or prosecute campaign finance violations last year prompted other state leaders to...

Mississippi State University made strides earlier this month towards its goal of being carbon neutral by 2042. The post With new solar pan...

On this day in 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that mob-dominated trials violated the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.The...

Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Brad White says an influx of “one-time” state and federal money is allowing the agenc...

On this episode of Mississippi Stories, editor-at-large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Jackson State University's Director of Bands, Dr. Ro...

The Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which provides the basics for operating local school districts, was nearly gutted in 1997 just...

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Mississippi’s faculty and staff continue to make far less than those in other Southern states and far less than they used to.The post Miss...

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Thursday the Senate will have a bill by Monday’s deadline to expand Mississippi Medicaid to cover the workin...

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It's a rarity, but no Mississippi college baseball team is ranked in preseason polls. Columnist Rick Cleveland previews rebuilding seasons...

Mississippi lawmakers have introduced a bill to increase oversight of law enforcement officers and give state authorities more power to pun...

On this day in 1848, 5-year-old Sara Roberts was turned away from entering five all-white schools in Boston because she was Black. The pos...

Mississippi's appellate court affirmed a decision to permit a proposed military site in North Gulfport, despite concerns that the site coul...

A formerly incarcerated woman facing terminal breast cancer is suing the prison system’s former and current health care providers for faili...