by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today January 2, 2024 The new year began without creation of a separate, state-run court in Jackson that some lawmakers lobbied as a solution to crime and advocates see as a threat to residents’ civil and voting rights. Under House Bill...
On January 2, 2024 and the first day of the new year’s Legislative Session, the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state’s 62nd Speaker of the House. In a unanimous vote, 122 members showed their support for the incoming Speaker. Speaker...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today December 31, 2023 The best job security in Mississippi might be winning an election, or in some instances appointment, to one of the down-ticket statewide offices. The seven down-ticket statewide officials will be sworn in to begin...
By Kara Kimbrough In case you were waiting for it.…my annual “Favorite foods, supermarket products, restaurants and destinations of 2023” is coming next week. I’m still trying to pare the list down to a manageable level. In the meantime, I’m sharing a couple of my...
by Taylor Vance and Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today January 2, 2024 The new term of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at noon today, with the first order of business being putting in place the mechanisms and leadership to govern for the next four years. The first...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today December 29, 2023 In the early 1930s, Mississippi had over 300,000 farmers, the most ever recorded for the state in federal census records. The last survey, from 2017, listed just around 55,000. In the 1930s, the average farm size was...
By Mika Hartman Happy 2024! As we all plan for the coming year, the possible and impossible resolutions made, the highest hope for a better tomorrow, I know whose hands our future falls in: Our children. Linda Creed wrote the lyrics for the mega hit that originally...
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the state of Mississippi is investing nearly $17 million in site development grants to further develop industrial sites throughout the state. The proposed projects represent Governor Reeves’ continuing commitment to...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 27, 2023 All Mississippi appellate judges up for reelection in 2024 plan to seek another term on the state’s two highest courts. Four justices on the Mississippi Supreme Court and three judges on the Mississippi Court of...
By Shaunicy Muhammad, Mississippi Free Press The frustration of Gretchen Hankins, Mary Moore Glenn and Bettersten Wade was palpable inside Stronger Hope Baptist Church in Jackson on Dec. 20, 2023, as the three women stood shoulder to shoulder, holding up pictures of...
Judge Kent McDaniel took the oath of office on Dec. 28 to continue his work as Rankin County Youth Court Judge. Judge McDaniel said that he expects to serve for a year, but will not seek election in the special election in November 2024. He said after the ceremony,...
Don Wildmon, a prominent preacher from north Mississippi and the visionary behind the growth of the American Family Association (AFA) into a nationwide radio and communications network, passed away. Wildmon, who battled Lewy Body Dementia, succumbed to the illness at...
Fireworks were involved with over 10,000 injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments during 2022, according to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children are especially at risk for injury. The report states that those 15 to 19 years of...
By Bob Garver 2023 has not been good for the DC Extended Universe. The year will end without “The Flash” as one of the top 20 highest money-earners at the domestic box office. “Blue Beetle” will finish out of the top 30, “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” out of the top 40....
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and mortality in the United States. Smoking rates are significantly higher among Black men than any other ethnic group. Recent data from the American Lung Association reveals that 20.9% of African-American men...
On Wednesday, November 10, a triple murder occurred in Robinsonville, Mississippi, which attracted widespread attention and angered local residents. The main suspect in this horrific crime is 18-year-old Deonte Carnell Taylor, a local resident from the city of Tunica....
by Ilyssa Daly, Jerry Mitchell and Rachel Axon, Mississippi Today December 28, 2023 As Marquise Tillman led deputies on a high-speed chase through rural Mississippi in March 2019, Sheriff Todd Kemp issued a blunt order over the radio: “Shut him down and beat his ass.”...
Grandma lay in the hospital bed, a shadow of the vital, energetic woman she had been just a year ago. Her strong hands that were endlessly involved in her family’s life, providing, comforting, and disciplining, now lay listlessly on the bed cover, thin and fragile....
The incoming Mississippi superintendent of education, Lance Evans, recently shared his vision and objectives for his tenure, which officially begins in July 2024. Speaking in an online press conference on December 21, Evans expressed his pride in his home state and...
By Douglas Carswell We’ve all heard of the ‘success sequence’, right? This is the idea that if someone manages to achieve three things – finish high school, get a full-time job and get married before having kids – they will avoid poverty. According to lots of...
