Former sharecropper was a tireless civil rights worker who also advised six U.S. presidents.
Attorney general candidate appears in college yearbook blackface skit, regrets portrayal
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Andy Taggart, a lawyer and Republican vying to be Mississippi’s next top cop, is among the few Republicans who have called for a new state flag to replace the current banner, which features a Confederate emblem. He calls the use of blackface offensive and inappropriate.
Meet Mimmo Parisi, the political powerbroker who uses ‘alternative data’ to paint a rosier picture of Mississippi
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A little-known research lab called NSPARC knows where Mississippians went to school, how much money they make and whether they’ve ever received food stamps. But finding out what the taxpayer-funded center at Mississippi State University does with all that information is much harder.
Mississippi Culture
Clarksdale’s new 20-room artist-run hotel hopes to spark a downtown economic boom
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Travelers Hotel brings in artists to run the operations while giving a chance to become part owner. Newest attraction geared toward the arts and community development.
Money
Cleveland hoteliers moving forward without Trump, keeping $6 million in tax breaks
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The project developers say the company is on solid financial footing and the hotel will open this fall
Politics
Jim Hood elaborates on racist photos his fraternity published in yearbook
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The Democratic attorney general and candidate for governor answered questions from the media Monday afternoon
Politics
Blackface, Confederate reverence a decades old tradition at Mississippi universities and colleges
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The two frontrunners for governor answered questions about racist photos on their fraternity yearbook pages
In 2018 arms race for governor’s seat, Tate Reeves outraised Jim Hood by $1 million
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Hood touts success of his in-state fundraising efforts
Mississippi Republicans, longtime staunch Trump wall supporters, praise government reopening without border funding
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Many Washington Republicans previously insisted that any deal should include money to toughen the U.S.-Mexico border
PHOTOS: Jackson Indie Music Week shatters expectations in fourth year
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Jackson Indie Music Week brings Mississippi artists and fans to the capital city’s most well-known venues and hot spots
‘I will subpoena if I’m forced’: Rep. Thompson, in new power broker role, takes aim at Trump border policy
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The new House Homeland Security Committee chairman tells Mississippi Today the president is lying to the American people and using furloughed federal workers as political pawns
‘We cannot continue to operate as we have’: Jackson’s new schools chief predicts painful, but lasting change
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Dr. Errick Greene, the new Jackson Public School District superintendent, on charter schools, fostering relationships, and challenges facing the state’s second largest district
People
Mississippi Today names Marshall Ramsey Editor-at-Large
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Celebrated Editorial Cartoonist Joins Nonpartisan, Nonprofit Newsroom