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Company that denounced Hyde-Smith’s ‘public hanging’ comment writes her a...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaCindy Hyde-Smith waves to supporters during her watch party at the Westin Jackson after winning the Senate runoff election against Mike Espy...
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‘I’m ready for a fresh start’: Mike Espy, needing broad coalition for Senate...
Mike Espy needs broad support from white women across the state to win the 2020 Senate race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. These women, who support Espy, spoke with Mississippi Today about why. When he...
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Mississippians, unlike some states, shouldn’t have to wait long to know their...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaValerie Jenkins casts her voter at Jackson Fire Station #22 during the midterm elections on Nov. 6, 2018. Mississippians can most likely go to bed...
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Mississippi absentee records shattered: 128% increase over 2016 vote
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayOn the last day to do so, voters waited patiently in long lines to cast their absentee ballots Saturday at the Hinds County Courthouse in downtown Jackson. As of...
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Mississippi voters will adopt or reject a new state flag on Tuesday
Mississippi voters on Tuesday will adopt or reject the “In God We Trust” state flag. Mississippi voters on Tuesday will adopt or reject the “In God We Trust” state flag, a design with a magnolia...
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Mississippians can make history by removing Jim Crow-era provision on their own
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayVoters cast absentee ballots at the Hinds Count Courthouse on the last day to do so Saturday in Jackson. When Mississippians go to the polls Tuesday, they will have the...
View ArticleProblems at the polls? We want to hear from you.
On Election Day, our reporters will be on the ground across Mississippi acting on tips from voters and reporting on any problems at the polls, be it long lines, public health concerns, voter...
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Mississippians adopt new state flag after Confederate emblem flew for 126 years
Voters approved the “In God We Trust” design selected by an appointed commission after the Confederate emblem was removed earlier this year. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mississippi voters, after...
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Mississippi voters approve medical marijuana program
Mississippi voters approved Initiative 65, a citizen-sponsored proposal that legalizes medical marijuana. Many state leaders argued the initiative was too broad and would approve marijuana with few...
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For the first time in state history, voters remove Jim Crow provision from...
Wikimedia CommonsThe Mississippi Legislature in 1890, the year a constitutional convention formed wit the stated goal of disenfranchising African Americans in the state. Several provisions of that...
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Supreme Court election between Griffis, Westbrooks remains unresolved
Kenny Griffis and Latrice Westbrooks are running for a Mississippi Supreme Court seat on Nov. 3. The Central District Supreme Court race between incumbent Justice Kenny Griffis and challenger Latrice...
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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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Here’s what happened on Election Day in Mississippi
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayA festive reminder to vote placed at St. John M.B. Church for those traveling the Northside Drive/Medgar Evers Blvd. corridor in Jackson on Tuesday. Mississippi voters...
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All-virtual Jackson Public Schools receives 4,000 devices to get students...
Around 4,000 Chromebooks arrived at the Jackson Public School District’s warehouse on Thursday as part of the state’s massive effort to provide a device for every student. Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi...
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With Mississippi hospitals under ‘extreme stress,’ Gov. Tate Reeves rejects...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves and Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs speak to the media about the coronavirus during a press conference at the...
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Thousands of Mississippi students quarantine in any given week. One Gulf...
Vickie D. King/Mississippi TodayJefferson County Elementary School math teacher Tomika Wise instructs students in class and those learning at home via laptops in Fayette. During any given week in...
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Mississippi tops nation’s COVID-19 cases in nursing homes, where half of all...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaThe materials used to collect and contain the specimen from those potentially infected with COVID-19 is shown in a a mock COVID-19 specimen...
View ArticleFewer Mississippians received cash assistance in 2020, even during a pandemic...
New federal data shows Mississippi provided cash assistance to fewer poor families in the last year than ever before — even during a global pandemic, a national economic crisis and new leadership at...
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Supreme Court justices lacking some facts during oral arguments on governor’s...
State of Mississippi JudiciaryMississippi Supreme Court The Mississippi Supreme Court will be the tiebreaker in a dispute between members of the Legislature and Gov. Tate Reeves on whether the...
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‘Zero margin for failure’: With vaccination approval expected soon for...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayDaphne Webster-Quinn, a nurse practitioner at Mallory Community Health Center, labels collected specimen during COVID-19 testing in Lexington, Miss., Thursday, April...
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