Rolling Fork – 2 Years Later
Two years after a tornado nearly wiped out Rolling Fork, the small town is slowly rebuilding.
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On this day in 1965, Viola Gregg Liuzzo was killed after joining a voting rights march in Alabama.
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Lt. Gov. Hosemann feigns ignorance on typo that led to tax overhaul passing by mistake, claims victory
Hosemann oddly claimed victory after House used Senate typos to advance its income tax elimination plan to governor.
Higher ed reporter Molly Minta moves to Mississippi Today’s new Jackson team
Mississippi Today is excited to announce that Molly Minta, who has been covering higher education for the newsroom since 2021, has moved full-time to the newly launched Jackson team. In her new role, Minta’s reporting will take an expansive view of topics like public safety, such as community-level examinations of housing and code enforcement, public…
Former elections official explains federal law not needed to keep noncitizens from voting
Like so many other issues of the day, people are getting worked up with no real facts on the table to justify the outrage of noncitizens voting.
Sweeping Mississippi tax overhaul passed … by mistake. Gov. Reeves eager to sign typo tax swap into law
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who oversees the Senate, remained mum on Friday, providing no explanation of how the typos got past Senate proofers and lawyers.
Jackson teens ‘Take the Lead’ and the mic, confronting mayoral hopefuls about youth issues
On Thursday, teenagers from high schools across Jackson Public School District gathered in the Forest Hill Auditorium for the “Teens Take the Lead” Mayoral Candidate Forum.
Domestic violence deaths reflect families’ loss and grief
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Trump moves to eliminate U.S. Department of Education. Right now, Mississippi must figure out what’s next.
Column: Now that Trump has formally moved to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, Mississippi leaders need to get so many questions answered quickly. If they don’t, the state and its children could be set so far back in time that we’ll never recover.
OOPS! Senate sent House an income tax bill with typos. House ran with it. What’s next?
Now, if the House leadership wanted, it could send the measure to Gov. Tate Reeves, who could sign it into law. The measure was held on a procedural motion that could allow the House to reconsider and continue negotiations.
House votes to send Senate income tax elimination plan to governor. But is debate really over?
Proposal is subject to a holding motion. It would eliminate the income tax over years, trim tax on groceries and increase gasoline tax by 9 cents a gallon.
Minority contracting plays role in combating poverty, Jackson mayoral candidates say
At the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign forum on Wednesday night, poverty was the first of several topics discussed, including water, public safety, affordable housing and empowering the city’s youth.
Mississippi’s no-knock raids have led to death and injury. Dozens of warrants lacked clear justification.
Some local courts have backed off approving no-knocks, but there are still no statewide limits on these dangerous types of raids.
‘Give me more’: One voter seeks more than ideas from mayoral candidates
Most laid out crime as one of the first issues they would tackle in their first 100 days if elected as mayor. Others pointed to issues of accountability within the local government.
A Jackson resident of Ward 3, due to city error, votes in Ward 1 primary
For some, the snafu has caused anxiety surrounding an election that, with 19 candidates in the mayoral race alone, has already proven difficult for residents to navigate.
Federal appeals court affirms Mississippi can’t count late mail-in absentee ballots for federal elections
The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that it would not change its prior decree that Mississippi cannot count mail-in absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day. The order means that Mississippi’s law allowing election workers to process mail-in ballots for up to five business days after the election will be suspended…
