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Hours before the 2025 session of the Mississippi Legislature kicked off last week, Gov. Tate Reeves went to social media to proclaim the No....

Marshall Ramsey: Fact Checkers Mississippi Today.

Chris Jans has his third Mississippi State team ranked No. 14 in the nation, but facing a brutal schedule coming up. (AP file photo)How...

A former Jackson State University administrator’s sex discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi’s public university governing board will pr...

Marshall Ramsey: Data Farming Mississippi Today.

Jan. 10, 1966 Vernon F. Dahmer. Sr. Statue was dedicated and unveiled during a ceremony at the Forrest County Courthouse Monday, Januar...

Jearld Baylis was a tackling machine at Southern Miss. He died recently at age 62. (Southern Miss Athletics)They called him The Space Gho...

A Dallas-based data center developer will locate its next campus in Meridian, a $10 billion investment in the area, Mississippi Gov. Tate Re...

Marshall Ramsey: A Bigger Boat Mississippi Today.

Mississippi women died of pregnancy complications at nearly twice the national rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. The vast m...

Marshall Ramsey: The Gulf Mississippi Today.

Following a holiday break, the Clevelands put a lid on the Ole Miss and New Orleans Saints football seasons. Also in the discussion are Sout...

The new film, “A Complete Unknown,” tells the story of Bob Dylan’s rise to success in the early 1960s, but the movie leaves out two fascinat...

Jan. 8, 1815 More than a century and a half after James Roberts published his narrative of fighting in two wars, the memoir is still av...

Marshall Ramsey: Teamwork! Mississippi Today.

The Mississippi Legislature returned to the State Capitol on Tuesday for the start of the legislative session in Jackson.House Speaker J...

Billionaire Tommy Duff, as he considers a run for Mississippi governor in 2027, has formed a political action committee to help elect Republ...

Mississippi Today is proud to announce the expansion of its politics team, dedicated to providing readers with in-depth reporting on the 202...

A lawsuit filed by a major pharmacy benefit manager in December alleges the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy violated the company’s right to du...

Jan. 7, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston Credit: WikipediaNoted author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, was born in Alabama. H...

Some Mississippians around the state will have the chance to participate in at least three special elections to fill vacancies in the state...

Marshall Ramsey: Happy New Session Mississippi Today.

Jan. 6, 2021 Amanda Gorman delivers her poem after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Credit: WikipediaAmanda Gorman w...