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Ole Miss Foundation, College Board gridlocked over $500K of new Chancellor Glenn Boyce's salary

By Adam Ganucheau | October 10, 2019

Members of the foundation that pays a hefty portion of the chancellor’s salary signal a standoff with the IHL board and weigh the heavy consequences of breaking the precedent.

Fact check: Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves' claims about jobs and the Mississippi economy

Boyce, controversial pick for Ole Miss chancellor, addresses diversity, the Confederate monument, athletics and being an IHL pawn

Britton and Watson, armed with potent ammo, trade blows in surprisingly bitter GOP Secretary of State primary

'A man's job': Democratic Hinds County candidate says women don't belong on county boards

2019 Gubernatorial Candidates

‘We’ve built an army’: Tate Reeves is unapologetic and unbothered by critics. With a titanic war chest and legions of volunteers, he’s laser focused on Democrat Jim Hood

By Adam Ganucheau | July 15, 2019

The 45-year-old lieutenant governor knows fiscal policy as well as anyone. So why is he talking so much about about Hollywood, Nike and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

People

‘He’s a model for what the Senate should be’: U.S. senators eulogize Thad Cochran and the political style he left behind

By Adam Ganucheau | June 5, 2019

Sen. Pat Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, and Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama conservative shared remembrances of the man they knew simply as Thad

People

Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86

By Adam Ganucheau | May 13, 2019

Former sharecropper was a tireless civil rights worker who also advised six U.S. presidents.

‘They Were Her Property’: Author reveals how white women took part in and profited from slave industry

By Kayleigh Skinner | May 11, 2019

Historian shows how white women under the authority of their husbands found freedom, power in slave ownership while also allowing readers to “grapple with the fact that feminism can be an ugly thing at times.”

People

Stacey Abrams keeps presidential possibility alive in Tougaloo commencement speech

By Michelle Liu | May 5, 2019

The rising Democratic Party star received an honorary degree and delivered the 150th anniversary speech at the historically black college where her parents attended

People

‘Before I Die’ global arts project inspires Mississippians to turn their hopes and dreams into words

By Sherry Lucas | May 3, 2019

A wall, 8 feet high and 24 feet across unveiled at the Arts Center of Mississippi, invites people to reflect on their mortality and dovetails with the Greater Jackson Arts Council’s focus on art as a way to heal social injustice and address community needs.

Afrofuturism, indigenous people and intersectional spaces: These Jackson artists hope their creations inspire a community

By Eric J. Shelton | April 22, 2019

The nonprofit Cooperation Jackson commissioned six artists to create murals for the organization’s first Mural Fest. The event’s goal is to inspire the city of Jackson in hopes of sparking community change and encouraging more appreciation in the arts. 

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Attorney general candidate appears in college yearbook blackface skit, regrets portrayal

By Larrison Campbell | April 10, 2019

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

By Anna Wolfe | March 28, 2019

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

By Aallyah Wright | March 8, 2019

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

By Kelsey Davis and Bobby Harrison | February 15, 2019

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

By Adam Ganucheau | February 11, 2019

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

By Adam Ganucheau | February 8, 2019

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

By Adam Ganucheau | January 31, 2019

Hood touts success of his in-state fundraising efforts

Mississippi Republicans, longtime staunch Trump wall supporters, praise government reopening without border funding

By Larrison Campbell | January 26, 2019

Many Washington Republicans previously insisted that any deal should include money to toughen the U.S.-Mexico border

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