Rep. Robert Johnson III of Natchez, leader of Mississippi House Democrats, says the GOP leadership’s push for “school choice” ...

Alabama poet laureate Ashley M. Jones will be the keynote speaker this week at the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium in ...

For over four hours Monday, a standing-room-only crowd of residents watched as opponents and proponents of a planned asphalt ...

Jackson officials announced Monday the city was beginning to fix leaks at the local zoo that have been going on “for years.” ...

Mayor John Horhn said the 16-member Unhoused Task Force will help city leader “design solutions rooted in dignity and ...

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State Rep. Randy Rushing said lawmakers are working “to make sure that the PERS system is around for many, many years to come ...

The first balloons rose above Natchez in 1986. The festival’s beginnings can be traced back to a few determined visionaries ...

On Saturday, Sept. 29, Gov. Barnett called up the National Guard to go to Oxford to stop the U.S. Justice Department from ...

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker touts Mississippi’s role in the nation’s defense. This month, during a period of intense ...

The search firm hired by the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning to find the next president ...

The legislative committee’s ultimate goal is to get more properties back on the tax rolls and redeveloped. During a Thursday ...