Statewide News
For the eighth time, U.S. Supreme Court delays hearing state’s felony suffrage case
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 19, 2023 The United States Supreme Court has postponed for the eighth time this year a decision on whether to hear a case challenging the constitutionality...
Chris McDaniel returns questionable campaign donations, shuts down PAC. Hosemann complaint with AG pending
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today April 18, 2023 Lieutenant governor candidate Chris McDaniel has reported returning legally questionable large donations from a Virginia dark-money nonprofit, and...
Mississippi has the highest childhood vaccination rate in the country. That may be about to change.
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today April 19, 2023 Mississippi parents can opt out of vaccinating their children for school on account of religious beliefs, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District...
Mississippi moves from last to 33rd in developmental screenings of kids
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today April 20, 2023 For years, Mississippi children were more likely to miss out on early childhood development screenings than anywhere else in the country. But after...
Hosemann holds fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 17, 2023 Donald Trump has not offered an endorsement in Mississippi’s Republican primary for lieutenant governor, but one of the candidates did have a...
State Board Selects Semifinalists for State Board Student Representative Program
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 10 semifinalists to serve as the SBE junior student representative in the 2023-24 school year. The SBE student representative program...