Welcome to The Homestretch, a daily blog featuring the most comprehensive coverage of the 2023 Mississippi governor’s race. This page, curated by the Mississippi Today politics...
Oct. 18, 1926 Chuck Berry circa 1958 Credit: Wikipedia Chuck Berry, sometimes called “The Father of Rock & Roll,” was born in St. Louis. He traded...
The 15-year-old had not played in the September 2022 rivalry football game between South Jones and Northeast Jones high schools in Ellisville, and he was ready...
Every region in Mississippi ranked higher in infant mortality than the national average of 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the state’s 2021 Mississippi...
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Jackson State University alumnus, said on Monday the proliferation of gun ownership and its resulting violence in America contributed to the...
Nearly 13,000 Mississippians were kicked from Medicaid’s rolls in September during the most recent batch of disenrollments, while the agency’s backlog grows. The latest numbers bring...
Welcome to The Homestretch, a daily blog featuring the most comprehensive coverage of the 2023 Mississippi governor’s race. This page, curated by the Mississippi Today politics...
Delana Tavakol speaks about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during a pro-Palestine rally at the International Museum of Muslim Culture in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023....
Mississippi Today’s politics team breaks down several news breaks that went into the busiest week of the 2023 governor’s race —from a lawsuit to a threatened...
Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, campaigns at the Jackson State homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Taylor Vance/Mississippi Today) Brandon Presley, the Democratic...
