Jonathan Tate Reeves, Mississippi’s 65th governor, took what is likely to be his final oath for statewide office Tuesday morning on a brisk, windy and overcast...
Ty Pinkins, a civil rights lawyer and 2023 candidate for secretary of state, reiterated his intent on Monday to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate...
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, 1967Â 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, 1815Â 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, 1891Â Zora Neale Hurston Credit: Wikipedia Noted author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, was born in Alabama. Her father later became mayor...