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‘They’re easiest to step on’: The real reason why families in the Delta, one...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaWilliam Ayers plays basketball with his foster children, Kayden Pam, center, and Jamaine Pittman in the backyard of his home in Greenville, Miss....
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One of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite cases originated in Mississippi
One of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite cases was an obscure case that originated in chancery court in rural Benton County in north Mississippi. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce...
View Article“Cindy Hyde-Smith is holding us back”: Mississippians rip senator in new Mike...
Mike Espy, the Democrat challenging Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in November, released his third television ad of the 2020 Senate cycle on Tuesday. To date, Hyde-Smith has released just...
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Lawmakers to return Thursday to discuss whether to shift federal coronavirus...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, left, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann speak after Gov. Tate Reeves press conference in Jackson on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The...
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Joe Biden endorses Mike Espy in Mississippi U.S. Senate race
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaJoe Biden speaks to his supporters during an event at Tougaloo College’s Kroger Gymnasium on March 8, 2020. Democratic presidential nominee Joe...
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Hyde-Smith, in new Senate ad, works to take health care issue away from Espy
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith greets supporters during a 2018 campaign event. Health care, which Democratic challenger Mike Espy has described as his top issue, is the focus of Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy...
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Gov. Tate Reeves ends statewide mask mandate, urges all schools to open
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayGov. Tate Reeves speaks to media during a press conference Friday, April 24, 2020 in Jackson. Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday declined to extend a statewide mask-wearing...
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Gov. Reeves condemns white supremacy, but not Trump for refusing to do same
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaPresident Donald Trump embraces Tate Reeves during a campaign rally Tupelo on Nov. 1, 2019. Gov. Tate Reeves condemned white supremacy groups...
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The 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...
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Gunn, 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...
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Democrat Mike Espy outraises GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith nearly 3-to-1
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, announces that he is running against U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2020 for...
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The Lincoln Project to support Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi Senate race
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaMike Espy speaks to supporters during his watch party at the Hilton Jackson on Nov. 6, 2018. The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans opposed to...
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‘Coach Prime’ draws big JSU football ticket sales nearly five months from...
Rick ClevelandThe recently opened Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton in Fondren obvious believes Deion Sanders will be good for business. When Jackson State snagged Deion Sanders as its football coach,...
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Legislative leaders, once again, say they will not expand early voting during...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaVoters wait to vote at Byram City Hall during the midterm elections Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Bills that would allow people to vote early in...
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Legislature redirects COVID-19 money, ends historically long 2020 session
After nine months in and out of the state Capitol due to the pandemic, the Mississippi Legislature this week shifted some federal COVID-19 relief money to landlords, farmers, hospitals and veterans,...
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Republicans say blue states have the most crime. Mississippi has the nation’s...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaPresident Donald Trump speaks during a rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss., Friday, November 1, 2019. Lawmakers were stunned to recently...
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Don’t look now – he doesn’t when he putts – but Sergio Garcia wins Sanderson...
Sergio Garcia holds the Sanderson Farms Championship trophy after winning the PGA golf tournament in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) With the sun beginning to set over...
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Judge rules Gov. Reeves’ partial veto of COVID relief funds unconstitutional
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves A Hinds County Chancery Court judge has ruled that Gov. Tate Reeves’ partial veto of a COVID-19 relief bill was unconstitutional,...
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Most U.S. senators running in 2020 have agreed to debate. Cindy Hyde-Smith...
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, right, and Democrat Mike Espy shake hands following their televised Senate debate on Nov. 20, 2018. Hyde-Smith has not accepted debate invitations in 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio...
View ArticleEditor’s note: It’s time for us to be more direct about race in Mississippi.
We watched the streets of downtown Jackson flood with protesters in early June in what was the largest Mississippi civil rights demonstration since the 1960s. We sat on the House and Senate floors in...
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