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Delta State University in Cleveland is seeking a new dean to lead the college of arts and sciences nearly three months after the faculty se...

On this day in 1944, Alice Walker, novelist and poet, was born the eighth child born to sharecroppers in Eatonton, Georgia. The post On th...

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Top leaders in the Mississippi House are in the early stages of crafting a pathway for some people convicted of disenfranchising felonies t...

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The city of Lexington has dropped all charges against civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson, who has filed lawsuit against it and its...

It was a bad weekend to be a Mississippi college basketball fan, and it’s a bad week to be an NFL fan, if you hate Taylor Swift, as apparen...

The House passed a bill that would no longer prohibit Mississippi’s small towns from selling liquor and wine — a Prohibition-era carryover...

Attorneys for public school advocates said in oral arguments Tuesday before the Mississippi Supreme Court that the state constitutional pro...

Mississippi must develop a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the irreversible effects of global warming.The post Mississippi...

The decision to use $1.3 million in Mississippi’s federal welfare dollars to fund a boot camp-style fitness program in 2018 didn’t occur en...

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LORMAN — Alcorn State University’s next president must advocate for economic development in rural southwest Mississippi, boost enrollment,...

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Column: Since Mississippi's private school hoops league has become more racially integrated, it's boasted some of the best teams in the sta...

Democratic representatives will file a bill to expand Medicaid eligibility to working-class Mississippians — after years of failed attempts...

I do not know about you but starting a new year, setting new goals, and staying focused can be stressful. If you are like me, the holidays...

On this day in 1994, a jury convicted Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 murder of Mississsippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers.The post O...

Sen. Derrick Simmons, D-Greenville, tells Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance that expanding Medicaid, restoring the in...

Big companies vowed to save cities millions. But the deals racked up debt and left many cities worse off than before.The post Big Companie...

On this episode of Mississippi Stories, editor-at-large Marshall Ramsey hears from Teresa Renkenberger and Mary Ann Kirby on the story of S...

On this day in 1913, longtime civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. The post On this day in 1913 appeared first...

During a nasty 2023 campaign, incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves derisively criticized his Democratic opponent Brandon Presley for taking campaign...

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