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November governor’s election could be just appetizer for court, legislative...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaLt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Attorney General Jim Hood face each other in the Nov. 5 general election for governor. On June 20, U.S. Judge Daniel Jordan...
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‘We need a leader with vision’: Inside the politically charged Ole Miss...
The Lyceum on the University of Mississippi campus Members of the Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees gathered at Old Waverly, a high-end private golf club in West Point, in mid-September...
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Need to beat this heat? Boy, does State Fair have an icy solution for you...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaChuck Long, of AZ Printing, prepares to place sings on the ice skating rink at the Mississippi Coliseum Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. As I type these...
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How Mississippi, where chicken is a multi-billion dollar business, repeatedly...
The early August day when federal immigration agents raided seven chicken processing plants, detaining nearly 700 workers across central Mississippi, gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves...
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Back to the drawing board: Leland readies scaled-back bond issue to go on...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaLeland High School Principal Johnny Vick walks talks about the school’s structural damage Monday, September 9, 2019. LELAND – Leland citizens will...
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Poll finds Mississippi Democrats more enthusiastic than Republicans for...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaVoters fill out ballots at Eudora Welty Library in Jackson during the Mississippi Senate runoff election Tuesday, November 27, 2018. A majority of...
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Rodriguez has shown before he knows what to do with speed like that of...
Ole Miss AthleticsJerrion Ealy streaks toward a touchdown against Southeastern Louisiana. This was in October of 2007, back when Rich Rodriguez was the head football coach at West Virginia – before...
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Reeves questions how state can afford Hood’s proposals; Hood said setting...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaJim Hood speaks to media during his speech at Lucy Webb Elementary School in Greenville, Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Democratic Attorney General...
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Inmate suicide: Suit alleges Kemper sheriff, correctional officers ignored...
MacArthur Justice CenterRobert Wayne Johnson, pictured here with his daughter, was a Meridian man who died of suicide Jan. 8 2018 in the Kemper Neshoba Regional Correctional Facility. His family is now...
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Marshall Ramsey: Who can ring the bell?
The Mississippi State Fair begins. Here’s a little carnival game to test our favorite gubernatorial candidates popularity. Be prepared for the Nov. 5 election. Visit our #MSElex Voter Guide for our...
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Think you know what mental illness looks like? Think again
Billy Watkins/Mississippi Center for Investigative ReportingBobby Thomas talks with his mentor, Angela Ladner, executive director of the Mississippi Psychiatric Association. Mental illness could look...
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Hard to believe it was just five years ago when Mississippi ruled college...
This Sports Illustrated cover in October, 2014, told the story well. Ole Miss goes into Saturday’s homecoming game with Vanderbilt with a 2-3 record, 1-1 in the SEC. The Rebels are giving up nearly 30...
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IHL board announces Glenn Boyce as UM chancellor via email after protests...
Thomas Wells, Northeast Mississippi Daily JournalProtesters forced police to cancel a press conference on the Ole Miss campus Friday afternoon. UNIVERSITY — After protesters forced police to cancel a...
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Reeves, Hood both talk tax breaks as state’s largest-ever tax cuts just...
PixabayMost states either exempt the sales tax on food or have a tax on food lower than their levy on other retail items. In the 2015 legislative session, an election year, the Mississippi House...
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Boyce, controversial pick for Ole Miss chancellor, addresses diversity, the...
Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging ServicesThe Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) voted unanimously to name Dr. Glenn Boyce as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi...
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Mississippi, first in school-age vaccines, lags in immunization rates for...
For years, the one bright spot on Mississippi’s otherwise bleak health care landscape has been its reputation as a leader in childhood immunizations. Last year, 99.6 percent of kindergartners were...
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SEC making millions upon millions on TV football, but fans jacked around in...
Blake Williams/MSU athleticsIt was hot as the blazes for Mississippi State’s first three home games, all played in the afternoon to accommodate television. Football coaches always tell us you have to...
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State revenue up for first quarter of fiscal year, but still lagging many...
Google Street ViewThe South Pointe Center, in Clinton, houses the Mississippi Department of Revenue. State tax collections through September – the first quarter of the new fiscal year – are 4.1 percent...
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Ole Miss Foundation, College Board gridlocked over $500K of new Chancellor...
Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressCommissioner of Higher Education Glenn Boyce, right, confers with College Board member Ford Dye, during a discussion of the process for finding a reputable consulting...
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The Brandon (MS) Bowl: Saints vs. Jaguars, Davis vs. Minshew
Margaret Bowles via APBrandon’s Demario Davis has become one of the NFL’s most productive linebackers for the New Orleans Saints. NEW ORLEANS – When 30-year-old Demario Davis was a senior football...
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