Mississippi

Mississippi’s eight public universities got hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to keep their doors open during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The host organization of the Sanderson Farms Championship made a record-breaking $1.5 million donation to benefit Mississippi’s only hospital for children. 

The Legislature with little debate and overwhelming vote margins on Wednesday sent to the governor a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi.

Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday in his third state-of-the-state address heaped praise on teachers and law enforcement and promised them more pay, vowed to crack down on violent criminals while also helping convicts successfully re-enter society and decried the evils of abortion and teaching of critical race theory.

A day after the massive tax cut bill championed by Republican Speaker Philip Gunn passed the House, a member of his leadership team took bold action.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell recited Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" — "everybody must get stoned" — and passed out various sized hemp samples before the Senate on Thursday passed a long-debated Mississippi medical marijuana program.

In less than 45 minutes Wednesday afternoon, the House approved legislation that would provide the largest tax cut in the state’s history and one of Mississippi’s largest teacher pay raises.

As COVID-19 cases reach a record high in Mississippi, some colleges are delaying or moving classes online while most will start the spring semester as planned. 

By Will Stribling Mississippi Today The omicron wave in Mississippi is in full swing, with the Mississippi Department of Health reporting 4,840 new cases and 37...

The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported two fatal wrecks that resulted in the death of two people on state highways over the New Year's Eve holiday weekend.