Sen. Dean Kirby, a Republican from Pearl, will serve another four-year term as “the senators’ senator.” Kirby, who was first elected to the Senate in 1992,...
The new year began without creation of a separate, state-run court in Jackson that some lawmakers lobbied as a solution to crime and advocates see as...
Jan. 2, 1903 Minnie Cox, circa 1890. Credit: A circa 1900 photograph of Minnie Cox (Courtesy: Wikipedia) President Theodore Roosevelt shut down the post office in...
The new term of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at noon today, with the first order of business being putting in place the mechanisms and leadership to...
Dec. 29, 1865 An 1837 copy of The Liberator Credit: Library of Congress Months after the end of the Civil War, abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison...
Jan. 1, 1960 Jackie Robinson with the Brppklyn Dodgers, 1954. Credit: Photo by Bob Sandberg (Courtesy: Library of Congress) Nearly 1,000 Black protesters marched 10 miles...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance preview the 2024 legislative session. They discuss major issues to watch for during the 120-day...
The best job security in Mississippi might be winning an election, or in some instances appointment, to one of the down-ticket statewide offices. The seven down-ticket...
Dec. 31, 1970 Black family arriving in Chicago in 1920 Credit: The New York Public Library photograph Between 1916 and 1970, more than 6 million Black...
Dec. 30, 1875 Mississippi state senator Charles Caldwell was assassinated by a mob of white men in Clinton, just west of the state’s capital in Jackson. The...
