by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today August 25, 2023 The governing board of Mississippi’s public universities has formed a task force to study accessibility for possibly the first time since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed 33 years ago. The initiative by...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 28, 2023 Two Mississippi House incumbents will be fighting for their political lives in Tuesday’s primary runoff elections, and four other legislative seats across the state will have party nominees. State Rep. Nick Bain of...
by Bobby Harrison, Taylor Vance and Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today August 28, 2023 Democrat Shuwaski Young’s abrupt Sunday announcement that he plans to drop out of the race for secretary of state for health reasons coincided with the Mississippi Elections Commission...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 Based on Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign rhetoric and how he spends his campaign funds, it is reasonable to think he believes transgender issues are the state’s No. 1 problem. A Reeves campaign commercial is...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 Shuwaski Young, the Democratic nominee for secretary of state, announced on Sunday that he intends to withdraw his candidacy from the general election. Young said he recently suffered a “hypertensive crisis,” which...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 25, 2023 The office of Attorney General Lynn Fitch is asking the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an earlier decision that Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of felonies is...