Jun 28 Rep. Michael Guest, Sheriff Mike Ezell win Mississippi runoffs By Will Weissert, Associated Press Mississippi Republican Rep. Michael Guest, who defied former President Donald Trump by voting to create an independent commission to investigate last year's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, won his primary runoff on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 27 2022 Mississippi Primary Election Runoff By Associated Press Voters in Mississippi go to the polls to vote in the 2022 primary election. Continue reading
Jun 06 2022 Mississippi Primary Election Results By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Mississippi's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm primary elections. Continue reading
May 04 Black and Hispanic people have the most to lose if Roe is overturned By Emily Wagster Pettus, Leah Willingham, Associated Press Associated Press research shows that if the Court allows states to ban abortions, minority women will bear the brunt of it. Continue reading
Apr 20 DOJ report finds ‘severe, systemic’ problems in Mississippi prison By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department report says the prison failed to protect inmates from violence, failed to meet their mental health needs, failed to take adequate steps for suicide prevention and relied too much on prolonged solitary confinement. Continue reading
Mar 30 Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs largest teacher pay raise in years By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Starting July 1, teachers will receive an average increase of about $5,100. That's a jump of more than 10 percent over their current pay. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 5:49 Mississippi nurses struggle to contend with soaring COVID cases By Lisa Desjardins, Claire Mufson The pandemic continues to take a heavy toll, with the U.S. averaging more than 2,500 deaths per day. In Mississippi, where just 50 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, hospitalizations have soared and there are simply not enough nurses… Continue watching
Jan 27 Mississippi mayor withholds library funds over LGBTQ books By Associated Press The director of a Mississippi library system says a mayor is withholding $110,000 from his city’s library because LGBTQ books are on the shelves. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 5:40 Black women in Mississippi demand state-level pay protections By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Mississippi is the only state in the nation without a law requiring equal pay for women—but that could be about to change. Ivette Feliciano sits down with Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, to discuss her… Continue watching
Jan 21 Black Mississippi senators walked out to protest vote on race theory bill By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Black lawmakers walked out in protest and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. Senate Bill 2113 passed 32-2 on Friday. Continue reading