MERIDIAN — In his latest pitch to voters on expanding Medicaid coverage to the working poor, Brandon Presley said he would consider a model similar to...
Weeks after a Jackson-based hospital announced the closure of its behavioral services unit, two metro-area hospitals are too full to accept psychiatric patients. Both the University...
State Rep. Cheikh Taylor has only been the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party for a few days, but he’s planning to use his transition as...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, and Taylor Vance break down leadership drama inside the Mississippi Democratic Party, which recently booted its top leader and replaced...
JULY 9, 1905 Painting of Myles Horton, founder of the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, by Robert Shetterly. Credit: Courtesy of Americans Who Tell the...
Based on polling, more people identify as conservative in Mississippi than in any state in the nation. According to Gallup, which routinely does extensive polling asking...
JULY 8, 1876 This historical marker recognizes those who were killed in the Hamburg Massacre. Credit: Photo courtesy of Larry Gleason. The Hamburg Massacre took place...
Some days you never forget: This was August of 1979. I was new to the Clarion Ledger where my first job was to cover Mississippi State....
The Mississippi Department of Education has decided to distribute the $100 million in additional funding allocated to school districts this year, despite previously saying they were...
In a rare and dramatic emergency meeting, the Mississippi Democratic Party’s 80-member executive committee voted Thursday night to remove its leader and appoint a new one...