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Trump bump? Hyde-Smith gains, McDaniel slides in latest Senate poll
U.S. Senate candidates Mike Espy, Chris McDaniel and Cindy Hyde-Smith face each other Nov. 6 in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran. Campaign strategists for Sen. Cindy...
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Situation or opportunity? Maybe it’s both for Haas this week at Sanderson...
Rick ClevelandPGA Tour player Bill Haas signs an autograph for a young fan during Wednesday’s Pro-Am at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Bill Haas, winner of six PGA tournaments and more than $29...
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Golf’s next big superstar is in Jackson
Golf’s next superstar is in Jackson this week. He’s got the name to go with his game, too: Cameron Champ. Rick Cleveland You could have found him at the top of the leaderboard on a gray, wet, windy...
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Why Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi’s first congresswoman, is running from history
This is the second article in a two-part profile on Mississippi’s first woman in Congress, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Read Part I here. A few weeks into his first session in the Mississippi Senate, Sen....
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Mike Espy, 32 years after historic victory and fall, hopes to rise to moment...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayU.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy speaks during the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. Thursday, August 2, 2018. In the oppressive heat of the Neshoba County...
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‘No room for them’: For Mississippians in deep poverty, voting is easier said...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayMatthew McLellan sits outside while reading his Bible near Stewpot Community Services in Jackson Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Congregating with others outside Stewpot’s...
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Mississippi Senate candidates on criminal justice, sentencing reforms
Where do Mississippi’s Senate candidates stand on criminal justice? It’s hard to tell by perusing their campaign websites – none of which dedicate space to issues of criminal justice. But Mississippi...
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Record voter turnout expected based on midterm absentee ballots
The high number of absentee ballots requested and returned completed through Wednesday morning point to “a record turnout for a midterm election,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said. Republican...
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Hyde-Smith dodges climate change question, touts jobs at Copiah plant
GALLMAN — At Tuesday’s groundbreaking for Alternative Energy Development-Copiah, the speakers, including U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, touted the new company’s impact on jobs and the state’s timber...
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Remembering Willie McCovey and lessons learned from a gentle Giant and baseball
Associated Press / FileIn this April 1964 file photo, San Francisco Giants’ Willie McCovey poses for a photo, date and location not known. McCovey, the sweet-swinging Hall of Famer nicknamed “Stretch”...
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Senate hopefuls split on who is fighting for folks with pre-existing conditions
Democratic candidates for Mississippi’s two United States Senate seats that will be on the ballot Tuesday have been arguing their Republican opponents would jeopardize the mandate that insurance...
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Not all ex-felons are barred from voting in Mississippi, but no one is...
Jed Blackerby stands outside of Stewpot Community Services as he talks about his views on Mississippi politics Thursday, October 25, 2018.Jed Blackerby always understood, following his 2003 felony...
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Senate candidate Tobey Bartee, overshadowed by big names and big money,...
While cameras swarmed Senate special election candidates Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mike Espy and Chris McDaniel at the Mississippi Economic Council’s Hobnob event on Thursday, the fourth candidate in the race,...
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Republicans hit the road, Democrats stay in Jackson in final push before...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayPoll workers wait for voters at Casey Elementary during the runoff elections Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Pleading their cases one last time before Mississippians head to...
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‘Laziness’ a factor in low millennial voter turnout, top Mississippi election...
TheeErin, Flickr CommonsStock image. While national experts predict a record turnout among millennials on Election Day, a top Mississippi election official doesn’t have such high hopes. Kim Turner, an...
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‘Small enough to work against its own good’: In Natchez, old fears fuel doubt...
Layne Browning in Natchez. NATCHEZ — Layne Browning, a white man in his early sixties, can’t understand why Natchez, of all places, needs $34 million to build a new public high school. Enrollment is...
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Will they debate? Espy calls for three, Hyde-Smith willing to put her message...
Mike Espy hit the ground running Wednesday – the day after finishing a close second to interim U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, in Tuesday’s election. Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayMike Espy takes...
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Jeff Vitter out as Ole Miss chancellor, will return to teaching
Rogelio V. Solis, APJeffrey S. Vitter, chancellor of the University of Mississippi After January, Jeffrey S. Vitter will no longer serve as chancellor of the University of Mississippi and will return...
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Sen. Blount: Mississippi’s burdensome absentee voting process resembles poll tax
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressSecretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Oct. 31, 2018, that nearly twice as many people have requested absentee ballots this year than during the last federal...
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Fact check: Gov. Bryant’s claims about abortion numbers, black women
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayMississippi Governor Phil Bryant speaks during a press conference before the special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Jackson Thursday, August 23, 2018. At...
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