Mississippi’s oldest and infamous State Penitentiary at Parchman could be forced to shut down by 2028, sending its thousands of inmates and staff to other prisons...
Experts told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday that expanding Mississippi Medicaid would bring a large influx of federal dollars — costing the state nothing for the...
House leaders filed a bill Tuesday that would ditch the objective formula that has for decades determined the funding level for Mississippi’s public schools and instead...
The Legislature has overwhelmingly passed a bill to regulate how insurance companies decide which prescription drugs and medical procedures to cover for a consumer — a...
Members of the Rankin County “Goon Squad” who inflicted decades of terror on residents would be among those listed in a public database of law enforcement...
Feb. 20, 2017 Trailblazing engineer Raye Montague Credit: Good Morning America On “Good Morning America,” the actresses from the 2016 film “Hidden Figures” honored another hidden...
Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s reluctance to investigate or prosecute campaign finance violations last year prompted other state leaders to call for reform and more enforcement. Now...
Feb. 19, 1923 A photograph of the “Elaine 12” Credit: Courtesy of Arkansas State Archives In Moore v. Dempsey, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that mob-dominated...
Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Brad White says an influx of “one-time” state and federal money is allowing the agency to again build and widen roads....
The Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which provides the basics for operating local school districts, was nearly gutted in 1997 just as it was beginning its long...
