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No one in Mississippi knows exactly how often people are jailed without criminal charges while they await psychiatric evaluations and treat...

When the state’s economic development agency briefed lawmakers last week about the details of a multibillion-dollar economic development pa...

When Derrick Nix got his brother's kidney and new lease on life 21 years ago, he ran with it. Indeed, columnist Rick Cleveland writes, he i...

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On this day in 1906, pioneer aviator and civil rights activist Willa Beatrice Brown was born in Glasgow, Kentucky.The post On this day in...

Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, and Taylor Vance break down last week’s special session in which lawmakers appropri...

The only hospital in Belzoni, Patients’ Choice Medical Center of Humphreys County, closed in 2013. In the decade since, the town has suffer...

On this day in 1921, George Washington Carver became one of the first Black experts to testify before Congress. The post On this day in 19...

Tate Reeves may be trying to have his cake and eat it, too.The Republican governor for years has proclaimed that the state should elimi...

On this day in 1900, Black North Carolina Congressman George H. White unsuccessfully filed a bill to make lynching a federal crime.The po...

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Mitzi Reed works to preserve native species and resources as the invasive species coordinator for the Native American Fish and Wildlife Soci...

On this day in 1856, Mississippi native Bridget “Biddy” Mason, enslaved with her family of 13, successfully sought their freedom in a land...

The Legislature wasted little time Thursday appropriating at least $350 million to entice a partnership of automakers and technology compan...

Due to icy roads and freezing temperatures, Mississippi universities across the state are moving classes online, with one school asking stu...

A few of Mississippi’s health outcomes are improving, but the state has a long way to go in others, according to State Health Officer Dr. D...

About 12,000 customers, largely in west and south Jackson, are seeing low to no water pressure after this week’s winter freeze, third-party...

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Days after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves pledged to be a governor for all Mississippians, several Democratic lawmakers said Reeves uses his p...

On this day in 1962, Southern University at Baton Rouge closes after protested over students kicked out for taking part in sit-ins. The po...

In 2023, Gov. Tate Reeves decried Chinese technology as “an existential threat” and signed bills limiting what business the state of Missis...

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The bitter 2023 election between Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley was the most expensive governor’s ra...

The Mississippi State Health Department hired an outside contractor a little over a year ago to assess how well the state responded to the...

The arctic temps in mid-Mississippi bring back some memories, plus college basketball update, a look at the NFL playoffs, an homage to Nick...