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Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday discussed the latest proposal to boost some of the lowest teacher …

• March 16, 2022

Mississippi Pushes Toward Deal to Increase Teacher Salaries

Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday discussed the latest proposal to boost some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation, and negotiators said they hope to reach a final deal soon.

“Lynching has always been a terrorist weapon in the hands of racists in the history …

• March 15, 2022

EXPLAINER: What's Behind Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation?

President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal hate crime. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which Congress passed on March …

Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate will try to revive a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage …

• March 15, 2022

Mississippi Could Renew Push to Extend Medicaid for New Moms

Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate will try to revive a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday.

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday that he and other Senate leaders are pushing …

• March 15, 2022

Lt. Gov. Hosemann: Suspend Mississippi Gas Tax 6 Months

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday that he and other Senate leaders are pushing to suspend the state's gasoline tax for six months to give drivers a break as …

Waste Management Dismisses Lawsuit Against City of Jackson

Two weeks after filing a lawsuit against the City of Jackson, garbage-disposal company Waste Management has voluntarily filed a motion for dismissal of its case.

Waste Management initially filed a lawsuit in order to force the City of Jackson into …

• March 15, 2022

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he is not ruling out the possibility of calling a …

• March 14, 2022

Reeves: Logjam on Tax Cut Could Force a Special Session

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he is not ruling out the possibility of calling a special legislative session to seek elimination of the state income tax if the House and …

William Winter, a Democrat, was governor from 1980 to 1984 and was known as a …

• March 14, 2022

Clinton to Speak at Memorial of Late Mississippi Gov, Wife

Democratic former President Bill Clinton, Republican former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson are scheduled to speak May 3 at an event celebrating the …

House leaders, including Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, once again spiked a popular proposal to maintain …

• March 14, 2022

House Political Games Kill Medicaid Extension For New Mothers in Mississippi

For the second year in a row, Mississippi House leadership has once again killed an extension of postpartum Medicaid benefits, likely guaranteeing that many low-income people will lose health insurance …

Relatives of Emmett Till joined with supporters Friday in asking authorities to reverse their decision …

• March 11, 2022

A powerful, late-winter storm combining rivers of moisture and frigid temperatures is expected to dump …

• March 11, 2022

Mississippi House leaders said Thursday that they have signed off on a plan to increase …

• March 11, 2022

Mississippi House Makes Opening Bid on Teacher Pay Deal

Mississippi House leaders said Thursday that they have signed off on a plan to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation by an average of $4,850.