Mississippi Today

Mississippi House Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would shutter DEI programs in all of the state’s public schools, ban certain con...

Two measures allowing some people convicted of disenfranchising felony offenses to regain their voting rights passed a House committee on Tu...

More than two years after Jimmie “Jay” Lee went missing, the remains of the University of Mississippi student and well-known member of Oxfor...

Marshall Ramsey: Elon Mississippi Today.

The Clevelands discuss a familiar Super Bowl matchup and whether or not the Philadelphia Eagles – or anyone else – can block Chris Jones, th...

After the Legislature failed to give the state health department the funding it needed to fully staff county health departments, some no lon...

Marshall Ramsey: Public Records Mississippi Today.

Feb. 5, 1994Myrlie Evers and her daughter, Reena Evers-Everette, cheer the guilty verdict. Credit: AP/Rogelio SolisA jury convicted...

A House committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would send taxpayer money from public to private schools,The move keeps alive a yearslong...

State Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, speaks with midwives Savanna Boyd, from left, Tanya Smith-Johnson, and Kashuna Watts at the Capitol...

People still remember where they were on that hot, muggy Mississippi afternoon when Ole Miss fullback James Storey caught two touchdown pass...

by Morgan Gill and Evan Baronich, RHCJCLEAKESVILLE — Mississippi’s education system faces a critical teacher shortage, particularly in r...

This essay is part of an ongoing Mississippi Today Ideas series showcasing first-person perspectives of former Mississippi governors. We ask...

Feb. 4, 1913Rosa Parks with Martin Luther King Jr. Credit: WikipediaRosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Although she is best...

The state House approved legislation Thursday for the second year in a row to legalize mobile sports betting, a move that puts Mississippi o...

Marshall Ramsey: Git Mississippi Today.

Mississippi Senate Education Chairman Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville, declined on Monday to advance a proposal that would have made it easier f...

Annual campaign finance reports due Friday show the top potential contenders — at least to date — for Mississippi governor in 2027 were neck...

Legislative leaders in both House and Senate have made clear they plan this year to pass massive changes in Mississippi’s tax structure and...

Hundreds of thousands of eligible poor Mississippi children will miss out on grocery assistance this summer after the state missed the deadl...

With the Super Bowl returning to the Gulf South, it’s time for a history lesson. This Sunday’s Super Bowl 59 will be the 11th played in New...

State Rep. Zakiya Summers discusses with Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe, Maya Miller and Geoff Pender some of the issues the Capitol city of...

Marshall Ramsey: The Shadow Mississippi Today.

The national decline in test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation’s report card, coincides with mo...

Nearly 100 Mississippians, some of them children, some of them law enforcement, died last year in domestic violence-related events, accordin...