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February 26, 2023
Mississippi’s Republican-controlled House recently passed a bill expanding areas of Jackson patrolled by a state-run Capitol Police force.
February 11, 2023
Brett Favre is fighting a lawsuit demanding repayment of millions of dollars of welfare money intended to help people in poverty.
January 27, 2023
Deaths from pregnancy complications have become more prevalent in Mississippi, and racial disparities in the health of those who give…
January 13, 2023
TikTok has been targeted by critics who say the Chinese government could access user data, such as browsing history and…
January 5, 2023
On May 9, 2022, the Mississippi Department of Human Services sued Favre, three former pro wrestlers and several other people…
December 26, 2022
City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, on Christmas Day announced that residents must now boil their drinking water due to water…
December 24, 2022
The federal government will put $600 million toward repairing the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city — a project that the…
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks Discusses August March From Selma To D.C.
December 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because lawmakers failed to draw enough majority-Black districts
Jackson water crisis
December 6, 2022
At least it is currently, assures Ted Henifen, the third-party administrator of Jackson, Mississippi's water system as of Monday.
December 3, 2022
Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident, according to court records.
December 3, 2022
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is suspected of killing 20-year-old student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, whose body has yet to be found,…
November 23, 2022
Over half of Mississippi's rural hospitals are at risk of closing immediately or in the near future, according to the…
November 20, 2022
Advocates allege a planned road would harm the historic Black neighborhoods of Forest Heights and Turkey Creek in Mississippi.
Mississippi fires
November 9, 2022
Authorities in Jackson, Miss., arrested Devin McLaurin on arson charges following fires at area churches and HBCU Jackson State Tuesday.
November 6, 2022
Mississippi on Friday approved the city of Jackson’s ask for $35.6 million in federal funds to help fix its crumbling…
October 29, 2022
Mound Bayou, founded by formerly enslaved people, served as a staging ground for Emmett Till's mother and Black journalists covering…
Emmett Till, theGrio
October 21, 2022
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on
October 21, 2022
The NAACP wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make sure that from now on, federal funds are distributed equitably.
October 19, 2022
The director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services said the agency tracks spending but not welfare program outcomes.
October 14, 2022
Greenville Detective Myiesha Stewart was killed Tuesday during what’s been described as a “big shootout” between two males.