Four Mississippi congressional delegates say they know better than judges,...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaU.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith waves to drivers as she holds a campaign sign in Jackson on Nov. 6, 2018. Four of the six members of Mississippi’s...
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Fulton Carson, shown here with Iowa State players coming onto the field at the 2012 Liberty Bowl. When Hinds County resident Fulton Carson takes the field Monday night for college football’s national...
View ArticleSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith chairs key committee amid calls for Capitol Police...
U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew...
View ArticleMississippi’s GOP congressmen voted to overturn Biden win in Arizona,...
Reps. Trent Kelly, above, Michael Guest and Steven Palazzo backed the failed effort of lawmakers who aimed to overturn Biden’s victory. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) All three...
View ArticleSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith supports losing effort to overturn Biden presidential...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to object to the electoral vote of Arizona on Wednesday. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was one of few U.S. senators on...
View ArticleGunn, Hosemann name Mississippi flag redesign appointments. Reeves still hasn’t.
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayHouse Speaker Philip Gunn, left, Executive Director of Mississippi Department of Archives and History Katie Blount, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann prepare to deliver the...
View ArticleThe trouble with contact tracing in Mississippi
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaA student walks up the steps of the Ole Miss Student Union Monday, October 7, 2019. What Oxford’s missing COVID-19 cases tell us about contact...
View ArticleDept. of Education says passing requirements for some state tests should be...
Rogelio V. Solis, APState Superintendent of Education Carey Wright State testing will continue this year, but State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said Wednesday she recommends waiving the...
View ArticleWith governor’s signature, Mississippi will have a new flag with no...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayOne of the five final flag designs The state Senate on Wednesday sent ratification of a new Mississippi flag to the governor — who plans to sign the legislation into...
View ArticleGov. Tate Reeves’ approval rating tanked as COVID-19 pandemic worsened, poll...
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayGov. Tate Reeves discusses the state’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines during an early January 2021 press conference. Gov. Tate Reeves, after almost one full year as the...
View ArticleHow Mississippi students are coping during the pandemic
Donal WashingtonDonal Washington After schools closed in early March 2020, Donal Washington, 16, looked forward to what he hoped would be a normal upcoming school year playing sports and socializing...
View ArticleOlder Mississippians will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayLois Moore, Mississippi State Department of Health immunization program community resource nurse, prepares to inject Mississippi Medical Association President Dr. W....
View ArticleThe trouble with contact tracing in Mississippi
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaA student walks up the steps of the Ole Miss Student Union Monday, October 7, 2019. What Oxford’s missing COVID-19 cases tell us about contact...
View ArticleOle Miss football future looks as bright as the Florida sun at the Outback Bowl
Lane Kiffin, center, runs to avoid getting doused with water by his team after Ole Miss defeated Indiana during the Outback Bowl on Saturday in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Starting running...
View ArticleHere’s what we know about COVID-19 vaccines in Mississippi
What we know so far about COVID-19 vaccines in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool) Health officials are scrambling to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and inoculate Mississippians according to a...
View ArticleThe trouble with contact tracing in Mississippi
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaA student walks up the steps of the Ole Miss Student Union Monday, October 7, 2019. What Oxford’s missing COVID-19 cases tell us about contact...
View ArticleInteractive: How Mississippians voted for 2020 candidates and ballot measures
President Donald Trump, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, medical marijuana, a new state flag, and the end of a Jim Crow-era voting law all prevailed in last month’s election in Mississippi. The secretary of...
View ArticleFor many families, Mississippi’s child support enforcement program proves...
For many families, Mississippi’s child support enforcement program proves nonsensical BY ANNA WOLFE | DEC. 30, 2020 Editor’s note: This story is part three of a series examining Mississippi’s child...
View ArticleAuditor Shad White says a professor broke state law. The professor is now...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaState Auditor Shad White attends the Trump campaign rally at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo on Nov. 1, 2019. After state auditor Shad White...
View ArticleLawmakers consider privatizing Mississippi’s dilapidated, underfunded state...
Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and ParksA cabin at Holmes County State Park, which is ‘closed until further notice’ for repairs, according to the state parks website. Mississippi’s parks...
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