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September 17, 2023
DeSanto Rollins, a player for University of Mississippi, claimed in a federal lawsuit he did not receive proper supported for…
September 2, 2023
Gov. Tate Reeves’ re-election campaign released screen shots of text messages Todd Reeves sent to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White.
August 13, 2023
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre lost an appeal seeking to be dropped from a civil lawsuit over welfare money that…
July 16, 2023
Mississippi started a court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations.
July 13, 2023
A new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson by requiring the appointment of some…
July 10, 2023
Police misconduct, a welfare scandal and a water crisis in the state's majority-Black capital city are just a few of…
June 29, 2023
A white Mississippi district attorney has resigned after more than 30 years on the job, during which he prosecuted a…
June 29, 2023
Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States…
June 28, 2023
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in…
June 27, 2023
On June 25, the civil rights icon was honored on his 90th birthday at the Mississippi Capitol.
June 26, 2023
Deputies were dispatched to the town of Braxton, Mississippi, in July 2021, resulting in the death of 29-year-old Damien Cameron.
Chokwe Lumumba -- Jackson Mississippi news
June 21, 2023
Jackson, Miss., mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba may have got himself in trouble following remarks he made about the city's water…
June 20, 2023
Possible multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said Monday.
June 14, 2023
A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay,…
June 12, 2023
At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love,…
June 6, 2023
A new Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest…
Mississippi boy shot by police -- Aderrian Murry
June 2, 2023
Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division took a trip to Mississippi to examine issues of police brutality.
June 2, 2023
There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal desegregation orders, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division's…
May 27, 2023
The Mississippi Democratic Party said it would ask the Supreme Court to overturn the judge’s ruling on the candidacy of…
Mississippi boy shot by police -- Aderrian Murry
May 26, 2023
An 11-year-old boy was shot by a Mississippi officer after he phoned 911 to get help for his mother during…