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Adam Ganucheau has covered politics and state government for Mississippi Today since February 2016. A native of Hazlehurst, Adam has worked as a staff reporter for AL.com, The Birmingham News and The Clarion-Ledger and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adam earned his bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Mississippi.
As the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump gets under way in the U.S. Senate, Mississippi’s senior senator says he will listen to the evidence — even though he sees no proof of wrongdoing by the president
The Justice Department, through its Civil Rights Division, is more than familiar with problems plaguing correctional institutions in Mississippi and across the Deep South. However, their investigations and the settlements that normally follow don’t come quickly
Jamie Grantham, communications director for Mississippians for Compassionate Care, discussed the group’s campaign to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
The first phase involved tapping an interim commissioner and committee led by a key Reeves ally to conduct a national search for a permanent leader
With a recent spate of violence in Mississippi prisons and departures of the agency’s top leaders, Gov. Tate Reeves must grapple with a cloud hanging over his young administration
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann discusses reorganizing state government, Medicaid expansion, gas tax, teacher pay, committee assignments and representing underrepresented Mississippians.
The winner of the March 10 Democratic primary will likely face Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who has no Republican primary challengers
Several people briefed on the contract between the Department of Corrections and Nashville-based CoreCivic, which owns and operates the prison, shared its details with Mississippi Today
Candidates have until Jan. 10 to qualify to run for the Senate or for the state’s four congressional seats.
About 50 protesters were on hand as lawmakers kicked off a new four-year term in state government. One of the first orders of business for the House is an election challenge in District 40 where Democrat Hester Jackson McCray defeated Republican Ashley Henley by 14 votes
In the aftermath of deadly incidents at correctional facilities, state leaders vowed to address problems plaguing Mississippi prisons. These promises come despite a series of cuts to correctional budgets and unfulfilled requests for funding to make repairs at Parchman
Andrew Ketchings, expected to be elected House clerk for the third straight term, discusses what to expect from the early days of a legislative session.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol and sheriff’s offices in Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Bolivar and Washington counties sent more than 100 deputies to the prison on Thursday after a violent incident broke out Thursday morning and left one inmate dead
Longtime state Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, discusses her years of work to pass a lottery in Mississippi and discusses accomplishments during her eight terms in the Legislature.
Across the south Delta, more than 700 homes and buildings have been surveyed for flood damage. In Warren County alone, 438 houses were damaged by the flood in some way — of those, 156 experienced what adjusters label “major damage,” and 29 were completely destroyed