As the state’s hospital crisis continues, Gov. Tate Reeves has held meetings on health care, but his office refuses to say what they’re about. His staffers...
More than a year after President Joe Biden nominated Scott Colom to fill a vacant federal judicial seat in north Mississippi, the prosecutor’s nomination still appears...
The state and attorneys representing two men on death row are in conflict about whether legal options still exist for them to challenge their convictions or...
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance discuss the recent election losses for Mississippi Democrats with Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, the House minority leader. Johnson also...
ISSAQUENA COUNTY — The kings and queens of the South Delta School District tossed candy and waved at their families as the mid-October parade wound through...
Dec. 3, 1841 Frederick Douglass circa 1879 Credit: Wikipedia Frederick Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, “The North Star,” in Rochester, New York. The...
Despite election problems in Democratic-voter rich Hinds County, Brandon Presley did not delay his concession speech to incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on the night of...
Dec. 2, 1986 In 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Seven years later, he became the first Black secretary of...
Mississippi Today, in partnership with The Atlantic, convened local leaders, policymakers and journalists in downtown Jackson on Thursday to discuss problems and opportunities facing Mississippi, the...
The superintendent of the newly renamed women’s prison at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility was removed from her position this week. Several advocates told Mississippi Today...
