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The House Colleges and Universities Committee advanced a bill Wednesday to increase award amounts and expand eligibility to more Mississipp...

Two Mississippi Today investigations — “Committed to Jail” in collaboration ProPublica and “Unfettered Power” in collaboration with The New...

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said that deciding how to ensure the long-term financial solvency of the massive Mississippi Public Employees Ret...

Patrick Mahomes was the MVP and the cameras were often on Taylor Swift, but there was plenty of Magnolia State on display at the Super Bowl...

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On this day in 1879, Blanche Kelso Bruce became the first Black American to preside over the U.S. Senate.The post On this day in 1879 appe...

Former state Rep. Alyce Clarke, the first Black woman to serve in the Mississippi Legislature, sat patiently in her motorized wheelchair Tu...

Mississippi University for Women will ask lawmakers this session to approve a new name: Wynbridge State University of Mississippi. The pos...

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Alcorn State's interim president, who has supporters for the full gig, could be yet another internal lhigher if IHL forgoes a national sear...

A Hattiesburg therapist whom two women alleged sexually assaulted them may never face charges because Mississippi lacks a law to do so.The...

Revenue collections needed to fund Mississippi state government fell below projections for the month of January.January’s revenue colle...

State lawmakers recently filed legislation to replace Mississippi’s two statues of white supremacists in the U.S. Capitol in Washington — a...

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Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, and Taylor Vance discuss several major issues that are being debated during the 202...

On this episode of Mississippi Stories, editor-at-large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Gregory Johnson, CEO and President of the Foundation...

On this day in 1644, the first known legal protest for freedom by those African descent occurred in New Netherland (New York).The post On...

Thick with irony is the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools’ contention that the provision of the Mississippi Constitution plainly...

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On this day in 1989, Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first Black American to lead a majo...

Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.The post ‘This should not hav...

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Representative Gene Newman, R-Pearl, says you can’t advertise to sell cocaine – and abortion should be the same.“It’s as simple as this...

Ole Miss great Patrick Willis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week. Columnist Rick Cleveland recounts his storied care...

Editor’s note: This list will be updated throughout the legislative session. It was last updated on Feb. 9.Somewhere around 3,000 bills...