When the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made...
State Sen. Daniel Sparks, R-Belmont, a key ally of Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann during the recently held statewide elections, discussed a wide range of issues expected...
With Mississippi’s general election in the rearview mirror, some conservative groups and politicians are calling for legislation in the upcoming 2024 session to send public money...
The third-party manager of Jackson’s water system introduced a proposed new tiered billing system on Friday that would raise rates for most in the city and...
The same day the governing board of Mississippi’s public universities appointed one of its own to lead Jackson State University, a lawsuit filed in federal court...
U.S. Rep. Michael Guest, a Republican who represents Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District, introduced a resolution Friday morning to expel New York Congressman George Santos from Congress,...
The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees named Marcus Thompson, a deputy commissioner, the 13th president of Jackson State University by the Institutions of Higher...
In a memory quilt by Hystercine Rankin at the Mississippi Museum of Art, National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson found a touchstone for...
Nov. 16, 1972 Credit: Courtesy: LSU Manship School News Service A law enforcement officer shot and killed two students at Southern University in Baton Rouge after...
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