House and Senate bills would require local governments to spend opioid settlement money on strategies that address addiction ...

If legislators believe the dreary February revenue report is start of a trend, they might want to spend less money this ...

Mississippi bars, restaurants and package stores still face what’s been called an “alcohol crisis,” with empty shelves and ...

Republican House Public Health and Human Services Chairman Sam Creekmore’s bill, which tasks the State Department of Health ...

Anthony, a celebrated broadcaster, held numerous leadership roles, including at Jackson State University and on the State ...

People with Mississippi for a Just World protested Thursday in Jackson against the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, the treatment of Palestinians and the U.S. crackdown on immigration.

Legislators are considering a bill that would establish the Mississippi Math Act and require implementing interventions similar to those that led to the state’s celebrated gains in reading. Wake up ...

After months of calls from advocates to reform Mississippi’s opioid settlement distribution process, the state Legislature ...

A DeSoto County redistricting lawsuit pending in federal court says that the district map drawn to elect supervisors and other county officials is not fair to Black voters.

Republican Sen. Brice Wiggins says he'll try again in the 2027 legislative session to get his NRA-opposed bill passed to get guns out of the hands of domestic violence abusers.

The city of Jackson would lose majority control of the proposed Metro Jackson Water Authority in amended Senate version of ...

Before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 5,700 on Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Southern Miss baseball knocked off No. 4 ...