Mississippi Today's editor-in-chief has won the state press association's top commentary award for his writing about Medicaid ...

Smith's campaigns for U.S. Senate have not been easy in any way. Will her reelection bid in 2026 be any different?

Mississippi superintendents accused of paying each other tens of thousands of dollars for consultant services never rendered, ...

Most laws passed this year by the Mississippi Legislature, including tax increases and cuts, take effect July 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to play football. His daughter, Reena, was the weight on her father’s ankles ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood, a witness to 11 executions, plans to travel to Parchman to pray outside if Richard Jordan’s is executed ...

Many of the others who visited the Jackson ImmunoTek Plasma Donation Center on a recent weekday morning haven’t struck the ...

Highly successful baseball coach Scott Berry, who won big first at Meridian Community College and then at Southern Miss, joins the podcast.

The McMullan Young Writers Workshop at Millsaps College in Jackson gives aspiring authors a chance to sharpen and share their work. Fifty high school and 12 middle school students participated in ...

State Public Defender André de Gruy said if the bill becomes law, the money will be used to hire three or four attorneys and ...

In 2021, the city of Jackson accepted just over $3 million in HOME Investment Partnerships – American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) ...

Jackson students who attended Freedom Schools this summer march in a gymnasium on Friday morning, June 27, 2025 at Thomas Cardozo Middle School. Credit: Devna Bose/Mississippi Today A cacophony of ...