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In the last eight years, as Republicans have controlled the Governor’s Mansion and both chambers of the Legislature, multiple laws have passed to make it easier to drink alcohol, bet on sports and buy lottery tickets.
House panel approves Trump impeachment articles along party lines.
In the past four decades, at least $50 million in taxpayer funds, loans, grants as well as private investment has been spent or committed to redevelopment efforts in the historic African American district. Now that a six-year court fight is over, neighbors and city leaders say they have renewed hope for a Farish Street comeback
New set of lawmakers in upcoming session with have at least $105 million in general funds to be appropriate without having to change any laws.
Although recent changes have chipped away at many of the ACA tenets and left some consumers confused about just what remains, Mississippi enrollments through the federal exchange are poised to top last year’s numbers. The enrollment period runs through Dec. 15
Secretary of State’s official results seemed to re-enforce the contention of a group of black Mississippi voters who filed a federal lawsuit challenging constitutional provisions enacted in 1890 to ensure African Americans were not elected to statewide office
Kiffin has been called a football genius. He also has been called brash, immature and worse. His hiring is a calculated risk.
Jess Dickinson resigns after two years leading Child Protection Services, which has struggled to meet the requirements of the Olivia Y settlement.
Nearly half a million people in Mississippi were food insecure between 2016 and 2018
Republican Sen. Dean Kirby, incoming Senate pro-tem, discusses how the new legislative term could operate differently because of key leadership changes.
Several low-income housing projects are now underway in so-called opportunity zones across the state. However, those developments were the result of rule changes by the state’s housing agency, not the president’s signature tax cuts plan
The positions of governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House are the three most powerful in state government. The speaker has one distinct advantage: There is no limit on how long the speaker can serve.`
Dr. Errick Greene, Jackson Public Schools’ superintendent, said he doesn’t expect any teachers to lose their jobs. However, some administrative staff and teacher aide positions could be eliminated, he added
Jackson-McCray will be the first African American to represent DeSoto County in the Legislature and just the third African American to represent a majority-white legislative district since Reconstruction
Southaven Republican challenges 14-vote loss to Democrat, asks House to overturn election.
New Stage Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol” will be its 25th since its first staging in 1984. Ballet Magnificat! is tackling the Charles Dickens’ classic for the first time.
