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Mississippi will not mandate masks at the polls ahead of Nov. 3 election
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves votes at Liberty Baptist Church during the GOP runoff elections in August 2019. In Mississippi, those entering a school, a Wendy’s...
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Mike Espy needs historic Black voter turnout to win Senate race. How’s he doing?
Mike Espy needs historic Black voter turnout to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in November. Democrat Mike Espy said to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the U.S. Senate race on Nov....
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Journalists wear many hats. We’re watchdogs who promote accountability among the powerful. We’re data miners who provide you with information to help you make important decisions. And, just as...
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‘The last thing I’m worried about’: Sen. Hyde-Smith walks back willingness to...
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayRepublican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks to supporters during a campaign event hosted by the Madison County Republican Women, the Rankin County Republican Women and the...
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Hurricane Delta winds, rain expected to impact Mississippi
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves (right) and Executive Director of MEMA Col. Gregory S. Michel at a press conference at the State of Mississippi Woolfolk Building...
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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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Mississippi Today adds three new staffers in editorial and audience development
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce three new members of the Mississippi Today team: Vickie King, photojournalist; Brittany Brown, the inaugural recipient of the Mississippi Today Emerging...
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Gallery: The 161st Mississippi State Fair, where ‘a mask is a matter of...
The Mississippi State Fair opened this week and runs until Oct. 18. As other states including North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland cancelled their state fairs this year due to COVID-19...
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On most weird weekend of most weird 2020, Saban-Kiffin matchup takes center...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaAlabama head coach Nick Saban could have named the score at Ole Miss two years ago. He settled for 62-7. As Mississippi football weekends go, this...
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Jake Gibbs caught Whitey’s last pitch, and the teammates remained devoted...
Bruce NewmanWhitey Ford threw the ceremonial first pitch on April 22, 1989, when the University of Mississippi officially dedicated its new home stadium, Oxford-University Stadium. Baseball Hall of...
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Hosemann and Gunn once supported early voting. Why did they retreat during...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaHouse Speaker Philip Gunn, left, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann share a laugh before the State of the State Address at the State Capitol Monday,...
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NYT: More than 10% of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has contracted...
Kristina Taylor, 18, cries as she holds a portrait of her late mother, Sharon Taylor, while she and her older sister Kristi Wishork, 25, recall the care their mother had for her children and...
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Griffis, Westbrooks tout qualifications ahead of Mississippi Supreme Court...
Kenny Griffis and Latrice Westbrooks are running for a Mississippi Supreme Court seat on Nov. 3. Challenger Latrice Westbrooks says she would bring needed diversity to a Mississippi Supreme Court that...
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Richard Williams is back in coaching biz, as special assistant to Ladner at...
Richard Williams, the 74-year-old Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer who remains the only coach ever to take a Mississippi team to the NCAA men’s Final Four, will coach again. Williams has taken the job...
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Reeves appoints two new members to State Board of Education
Gov. Tate Reeves announced two new appointments to the State Board of Education on Tuesday. Reeves is appointing Angela Bass, the executive director of an education organization, of Jackson and Glen...
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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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Mississippi poised to break absentee voting record in 2020 election
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayOthia McMillian fills out her ballot at the Hinds County Courthouse on Oct. 13, 2020. While Mississippi’s early voting laws are the most restrictive in the nation this...
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‘She’s ignoring Mississippi’: Mike Espy rips Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for...
Mike Espy said incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is disrespecting Mississippians by offering few open-to-the-public appearances. Democratic challenger Mike Espy said incumbent Republican U.S. Sen....
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Four new lawmakers elected Tuesday, and one legislative vacancy remains
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. One legislative vacancy remains to be filled after four runoff special elections for House...
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