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The redistricting plan expands the territory of the state’s only majority-Black U.S. House district because …

• March 1, 2022

Mississippi Remapping Diminishes Black Voices, NAACP Says

Mississippi legislators drew a congressional redistricting plan that diminished Black voters' influence in the state's three majority-white districts, attorneys for the NAACP and two other groups argue in federal court …

Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, spoke in opposition to the bill Wednesday. He criticized lawmakers who …

• February 28, 2022

Mississippi Senate Passes Income Tax Cut Slashing $446 Million in Revenue

The Mississippi Senate approved legislation to reduce the state income tax by hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday, despite caution from opponents who questioned the wisdom of doing so while …

The House and Senate have passed separate plans to increase some of the lowest teacher …

• February 28, 2022

Analysis: Legislative Deadline Will Whittle List of Issues

Mississippi legislators completed two big items several weeks ago when they adopted a congressional redistricting plan and enacted a medical marijuana law.

A Mississippi historical marker provides information about the wade-ins of 1959, 1960 and 1963, which …

• February 25, 2022

Mississippi Commemorates Wade-Ins That Integrated Beaches

A Mississippi historical marker provides information about the wade-ins of 1959, 1960 and 1963, which led to opening the beaches to all people.

The University of Southern Mississippi has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the …

• February 25, 2022

Danny Lynch

The University of Southern Mississippi has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the baseball crown in Conference USA. The league coaches gave the Golden Eagles six first-place votes, …

A Mississippi woman says local officials need to take immediate steps end senseless violence like …

• February 24, 2022

'My Baby is Dead,' Mom Says in Call for End to Violence

A Mississippi woman says local officials need to take immediate steps end senseless violence like the drive-by shooting that killed her 6-year-old son while he was playing with friends at …

Officials from Jackson’s Solid Waste Division are urging residents to help clean up their neighborhoods …

• February 24, 2022

City of Jackson To Resume Community Cleanup Program

Jackson’s Community Cleanup Program—meant to help support residents in clearing trash from their neighborhoods—is set to resume on the first weekend of March, after city officials put the program on …

Gangs inside a Mississippi jail often determine whether other inmates receive meals, a court-appointed monitor …

• February 23, 2022

The Mississippi Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would reduce the …

• February 23, 2022

Mississippi Senate Panel: Reduce Income Tax, Don't Erase It

“If lawmakers truly want Mississippi to be a place where people want to start families, small businesses, and where national corporations want to expand, it needs to prioritize investments that …

Former administrator of Hinds County's Raymond Detention Center Maj. Kathryn Bryan described how jail staff …

• February 23, 2022

Gangs Control Who Eats at Mississippi Jail, Monitor Says

Elizabeth Simpson testified Tuesday that staffing shortages are so severe at Hinds County's Raymond Detention Center that gangs and “inmate committees” control certain aspects of life, including whether some inmates …

Adrienne Slack (left), vice president and regional executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, …

• February 23, 2022