Mississippi Today

Mississippi earned low marks for preventable deaths related to heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, and high marks for declin...

Note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a new platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’...

Marshall Ramsey: Cone of Uncertainty Mississippi Today.

More than a year after a state-appointed court in Jackson became law and lawsuits were dismissed challenging its appointments and other powe...

What would normally have been a dull, boring budget subcommittee hearing in the Senate last week turned into a political donnybrook, and mor...

Jan. 27, 1847Adam Crosswhite Credit: WikipediaMore than 100 citizens of Marshall, Michigan, helped Adam Crosswhite, his wife, Sarah...

House Education Chairman Rob Roberson, a Republican from Starkville, outlines for Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Michael Goldberg some...

Marshall Ramsey: Sales Tax Mississippi Today.

Jan. 25, 1965Oprah Winfrey portrays Annie Lee Cooper in “Selma.” Credit: Atsushi Nishijima, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Pathé and H...

In 2023 as lawmakers were passing the bill that would establish a state-appointed court within Jackson, there was talk about appointing “the...

Until a few years ago, the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s press releases and social media posts regularly touted the accomplishm...

So, as I watched the last 90 seconds of Mississippi State’s overtime victory over Ole Miss last Saturday night at Starkville, I got to think...

A bill that aims to increase pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency by requiring them to report data to the agency that oversees pharmacy p...

Marshall Ramsey: Shad vs. Polk Mississippi Today.

Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear. The legislation...

Mary Kate Shearer’s vision for her future leaped nearly as high as the dancers did that summer afternoon she saw her first ballet onstage. S...

Low-income women would be able to access free prenatal care faster under a bill that passed the House Medicaid committee Wednesday. The...

A Wednesday budget hearing for the State Auditor’s Office devolved into shouting and a tense back and forth that culminated in Auditor Shad...

The Jackson State University’s president and governing board are facing a lawsuit from the faculty senate president who last fall was placed...

Lots to talk about on the days after the national championship game, but in Mississippi, especially in Oxford, much of the talk is about wha...

Barring any legal challenge, it appears the South Delta is finally getting its pumps. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers announced last Fri...

You may have mapped out financial goals for the year —to save more, spend smarter, or stick to a budget. Whether you made New Year’s resolut...