Mississippi has the nation’s lowest per capita income at $46,248 annually and the highest percentage of people living in poverty at 18.2%. Yet the state’s tax...
Jan. 27, 1847 Adam Crosswhite Credit: Wikipedia More than 100 citizens of Marshall, Michigan, helped Adam Crosswhite, his wife, Sarah, and their children, who had escaped...
Last year, committee chairs in the House and Senate killed every Medicaid expansion bill without a debate or vote. Now, for the first time in a...
Mississippians who need mental health treatment before they can stand trial have to wait in jail longer than people in any other state but Texas, according...
“The worst thing that happens to you might be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.” Will Rogers,...
A few of Mississippi’s health outcomes are improving, but the state has a long way to go in others, according to State Health Officer Dr. Dan...
About 12,000 customers, largely in west and south Jackson, are seeing low to no water pressure after this week’s winter freeze, third-party manager JXN Water reported...
Days after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves pledged to be a governor for all Mississippians, several Democratic lawmakers said Reeves uses his power to invest in certain...
Jan. 18, 1962 Jackson Police photograph of Dion Diamond after his 1961 arrest for integrating a Mississippi bus station terminal. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department...
In 2023, Gov. Tate Reeves decried Chinese technology as “an existential threat” and signed bills limiting what business the state of Mississippi could do with China....