Marshall Ramsey: The Champs
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View ArticleMississippi governor candidate Velesha P. Williams: ‘Isn’t it time Democratic...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaVelesha Williams attends the Jackson Police Department Precinct 2 meeting at the Metro Center Thursday, February 14, 2019. Velesha P. Williams’...
View ArticleWeatherspoon, McCowan are biggest winners in a season filled with Mississippi...
Miss. Sports Hall of FameC Spire Howell Trophy winner Q Weatherspoon and Gillom winner Teaira McCowan are flanked by their coaches Ben Howland (far left) and Vic Schaefer. Mississippi celebrated,...
View ArticleBlack women are the heart of the Democratic Party. What will it take for them...
Talamieka Brice, one of the event organizers, speaks at the Mississippi Women’s March last year outside the Mississippi State Capitol. When Talamieka Brice saw that the presumptive Democratic nominee...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: The American Scheme
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View ArticleSenate balks at $4,000 teacher pay raise passed by House, cite ‘other...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaLaura King gives test instructions during class at West Bolivar High School Monday, October 29, 2018 The Mississippi House of Representatives has...
View ArticleBe a geofence: The story behind the technology that millennial-led...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaMississippi Votes director, Arekia Bennett, talks in her office in Jackson about the Mississippi Votes organization Wednesday, March 6, 2019....
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: The Route to College
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View ArticleLike father, like son: SEC Coach of the Year runs in the Kermit Davis family
The Davis familyLike father, like son: This photo of two SEC Basketball Coaches of the Year was taken before Kermit Davis Jr.’s daughter Claire’s wedding in 2017. That’s Kermit Davis Sr. on the left....
View Article‘Sweet Potato Queens’ Southern humor and Broadway charm right at home at New...
Kyle TillmanThe cast of “Sweet Potato Queens” includes (front, from left) Turner Crumbley as Daddy, Janine LaManna as Jill Conner Browne, Jolyne Shirley as Mama, and (back, from left) Mandy Kate Myers,...
View Article‘Promises after promises’: State workers, stuck under stagnant wages, have no...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaClarise Martin, 62, has worked at the Adams County DHS office for 30 years. She is one of thousands of state employees whose salary falls far below...
View Article‘They’re giving us options’: Belhaven U. offers ‘safe haven’ for students...
When Belhaven University President Dr. Roger Parrott learned that Argosy University permanently shut down about 20 of its nationwide campuses, he took to Facebook to send “a short message of hope” to...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Senator Warren’s Visit
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View ArticleLawmakers’ ability to govern in private thrust into 2019 governor’s race
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressMississippi Attorney General Jim Hood tells reporters, he has sent letters to more than 50 state officials asking them to preserve any records they might have related...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Roger’s Vote
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View ArticleWicker breaks with Trump, Hyde-Smith and GOP majority in vote against...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaU.S. Senator Roger Wicker speaks to media on behalf of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith after her debate against Mike Espy inside the Farm Bureau Federation...
View ArticleHouse ups ante on teacher pay, ‘Snuffy Smith’ would be pleased
Thomas Wells, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via APRep. Steve Holland thanks guests at a reception in his honor April 17, 2017 at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo. Holland stunned...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Famous Kermits
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View ArticleNews, notes and quotes: Bibby’s out; Cougars back in state; baseball anyone?
Kelly Donoho/MSU athleticsChloe Bibby (55), a key player in Mississippi State’s 17-1 start, will miss the rest of the season with an injury to her left knee. News, notes, quotes and an opinion or two…...
View ArticleFederal appeals court orders Legislature to redraw ‘gerrymandered’ 102-mile...
Rob McDuff, a civil rights attorney, and Reilly Morse, president of the Mississippi Center for Justice announced a new lawsuit over voting rights in this 2017 photo. A federal appeals court has given...
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