Mississippi Today

Marshall Ramsey: Gulf of Snow Mississippi Today.

In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey takes a trip to Lazy Acres. In 1980, Lazy Acres Ch...

Marshall Ramsey: “No Day” Mississippi Today.

Jan. 21, 1921George Washington Carver Credit: WikipediaGeorge Washington Carver became one of the first Black experts to testify be...

After relatively brief debate and questioning given its magnitude, the state House passed the first meaningful legislation of the new sessio...

Longtime Mississippi radio talk show host Paul Gallo died on Sunday, according to SuperTalk radio. He was 77.“For over five decades, Pau...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and o...

Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Brad White tells Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance he’s staying “in his la...

Mississippi could soon join the vast majority of states that offer some form of early voting or no-excuse absentee voting. House and Sen...

Jan. 19, 1856Mississippi native Bridget “Biddy” Mason successfully sought freedom from slavery for herself and her family in a landmark...

STARKVILLE — There’s no such thing as a must-win game in mid-January of a Southeastern Conference basketball season that goes well into Marc...

Gov. Tate Reeves and members of the state’s Republican leadership should send President Joe Biden a thank you card as he leaves office.A...

Jan. 18, 1962Jackson Police photograph of Dion Diamond after his 1961 arrest for integrating a Mississippi bus station terminal. Credi...

Jackson State head football coach T.C. Taylor raises the championship trophy during a parade celebrating the Tigers’ HBCU National Champions...

The Capitol Complex Improvement District Court is set to open in downtown Jackson a year after it was set to begin hearing cases with a stat...

Marshall Ramsey: USS Mabus Mississippi Today.

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

The presidents of the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi Valley State University received raises at the end of last year, ac...

Jan. 17, 1931Award-winning actor James Earl Jones with photos from two of his signature voice roles – Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mu...

A bill that phases out the state income tax, cuts the state grocery tax and raises sales taxes and gasoline taxes passed the House of Repres...

Marshall Ramsey: Passing the Graveyard Mississippi Today.

A new guided missile Navy destroyer ship will be named in honor of former Mississippi governor and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus....

The Mississippi chapter of the ACLU has submitted a proposal to redraw the state’s legislative districts that creates two new majority-Black...

Jan. 16, 1959Credit: WikipediaThe Minneapolis Lakers met the Cincinnati Royals in an NBA game before a crowd in Charleston, West Vi...