Mississippi Today has announced a $300,000 commitment from the Pittman Family Foundation to support the mission-driven work of its nonprofit newsroom. The donation of $100,000 a...
Jan. 9, 1967 Julian Bond with John Lewis, congressman from Georgia, at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014. Credit: Photo by...
Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is actively considering running for governor in four years, making him the first statewide official to openly express interest in campaigning...
Brandon Presley, the former Democratic nominee for governor and former public service commissioner, will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, clearing the way for...
Jan. 8, 1815 More than a century and a half after James Roberts published his narrative of fighting in two wars, the memoir is still available...
Mississippi Today’s Julia James and Bobby Harrison hear from Becky Glover, policy analyst with Parents for Public School, and Will Bardwell, senior counsel with Democracy Forward,...
Mississippi birth numbers are roughly the same as last year, despite the state health department predicting at least 5,000 a year more from a nearly total...
Jan. 7, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston Credit: Wikipedia Noted author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, was born in Alabama. Her father later became mayor...
The moment in legislative time when rank-and-file Mississippi lawmakers might have the most impact is during the opening weeks of a new four-year term when they...
Attorney General Lynn Fitch no longer represents State Auditor Shad White in two defamation cases after determining his upcoming book about the welfare scandal would cast...
