On this day in 1955
On this day in 1955, an all-white, all-male jury in the Mississippi Delta acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant of murdering Emmett Till.
Auditor’s proposal to defund some college majors catches fire online, but are lawmakers interested?
State auditor says Mississippi lawmakers have not reached out about his proposal to defund some college degrees in favor of those that match state’s workforce needs.
Gov. Tate Reeves says he’ll have ‘debates’ with challenger Brandon Presley
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said he’ll have debates — plural — with his Democratic challenger Brandon Presley, but those haven’t been agreed to or scheduled yet as the clock ticks down to the Nov. 7 election.
Longtime head of Mississippi Hospital Association let go by board
The decision comes months after a handful of hospitals cut ties with the Mississippi Hospital Association following a $250,000 donation from the group’s political action committee.
Marshall Ramsey: Seeing The Light
Cartoonist’s note: I changed the text on the sheet of paper the governor is holding to make it more accurate.
Welfare head pleaded guilty to federal charges one year ago. What’s happened since?
More than four years after the start of the Mississippi welfare investigation, and one year after the first major federal plea, none of the seven people pleading guilty have been sentenced as they continue to cooperate with investigators.
On this day in 1927
On this day in 1927, Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture.
Gov. Reeves announces 11th hour plan for hospital crisis. Opponents pan it as ‘too little, too Tate’
Gov. Reeves’ last-minute hospital plan was immediately panned Thursday by supporters of Medicaid expansion, who dubbed his proposal “too little, too Tate.”
‘Mississippi chose to fight’: Court overturns Justice Department efforts to overhaul state’s mental health system
A federal appeals court panel ruled a district judge erred in finding Mississippi discriminated against adults with serious mentally illness.
Separate court in Jackson legit, Supreme Court says, but not appointed judges
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled the Legislature can create a separate court but Hinds County circuit judges have to be elected
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