On this day in 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
Senate has little appetite for changing the difficult way it restores suffrage to convicted felons
Mississippi still imposes lifetime voting bans for people convicted of certain crimes, a holdover from the state’s Jim Crow past.
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Corps indicates support for altered version of ‘One Lake’
Corps of Engineers shows support for scaled-back version of controversial “One Lake” flood control and economic development proposal.
Key Mississippi leader is open to replacing state’s white supremacist statues in Washington
Both Davis and George were leaders of the Confederacy, and their vivid racism is well documented.
On this day in 1963
On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered his first civil rights speech.
State revenue continues slide, but financial position remains strong
State collections would be much worse if not for a substantial spike in interest earnings due primarily to increased interest rates
Torture Accusations Could Lead to Civil Rights Case in Mississippi
Federal authorities investigating the “Goon Squad” in the Rankin Sheriff’s Department are seeking out more victims of brutality.
Speaker White wants to make it easier for Mississippi students to switch school districts
‘We want any public school student to be able to go to another public school without the home district being able to hold them against their will and the state portion of the per-pupil cost to follow that child,’ White said.
Mississippi Democratic Party calls for boycott of state fair after Gipson’s Trump rally
A successful boycott could have a large financial impact for Jackson and the state. The capital city’s largest annual event last year drew more than 500,000 attendees.
Back when boxing really mattered, and Ali was king of the world
Today’s question: Who is the current heavyweight boxing champion of the world? Someone asked me that recently. I had not a clue. Two or three decades ago, this would have been unthinkable. For most of this writer’s life, the world’s heavyweight boxing champion was among the most famous human beings on the planet. You, as […]
On this day in 1966
On this day in 1966, Ben Chester White was shot to death by Klansmen near Natchez, Mississippi.
Podcast: A look inside Speaker Jason White’s tax cut proposal
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance provide an overview of House Speaker Jason White’s plan to cut the state’s grocery tax and phase out the income tax.