Mississippi Today (https://mississippitoday.org/)
The state has passed 6-week and 15-week abortion bans. Both laws are winding through the courts and could ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, challengers of Jackson’s “buffer zone” law recently scored a court victory.
The stock market succumbs to new clusters of COVID-19 and the affect it (and China) will have on the economy. Join Marshall Thursday, March 12 in Meridian for an event at The MAX. Learn more here.
Rep. Bryant Clark discusses succeeding his father, who was the first African American elected to the Legislature after Reconstruction, what he aims to accomplish this session, and what he thinks about the Democratic presidential primary.
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, who has pumped millions into the state of Mississippi, denigrated the state in 2013 after the Legislature passed a law prohibiting local governments from banning certain foods and drinks
Mike Bloomberg’s first debate didn’t go as smoothly as he planned.
Mississippi cut the Corrections Department’s budget by $215 million dollars. Looks like starving the beast contributed to its growth.
Analysis of state records and hundreds of pages of court documents, along with interviews with more than 30 prison employees, reveal a dangerous environment for everyone behind bars. As corrections officers quit, those remaining must guard more and more inmates
Gov. Reeves said some prisoners will be reclassified while higher security risk prisoners are being transferred to a privately owned prison in nearby Tallahatchie County
Former Delta State and University of Mississippi coach was at Ole Miss during a time when the SEC basketball coaching roster was filled with colorful personalities. His impact on Mississippi was multi-faceted.
Presidential candidate and billionaire Mike Bloomberg pours money into Mississippi.
With hundreds of homes affected, Jackson officials and residents assess the damage as flooding concerns move toward Copiah, Simpson, Lawrence, Jeff Davis, Marion, Pearl River and Hancock counties
The third highest flood of record has forced 40 years of plastic bottles loose.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
With 16 violent deaths, Parchman sees “level of violence and lethality that we associate with prisons in countries like Brazil and Honduras”
