Mar 11 Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender athletes from competing By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 5:46 Water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi highlights ‘dire state’ of city’s infrastructure By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Lynsey Jeffery Much of Mississippi's largest city is beginning its fourth week without safe drinking water coming out of faucets. Jackson residents, about 80 percent of whom are Black, remain under a system-wide order to boil water, and some don't have any… Continue watching
Mar 08 Mississippi’s capital city closer to resolving water service after winter storm By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press It's been three weeks since the majority of Jackson homes and businesses lost service during a winter storm that coated parts of the South in snow and ice. Continue reading
Mar 05 Some Mississippi residents still without water after three weeks By Leah Willingham, Associated Press Fewer than 5,000 water customers were still without service Friday afternoon in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson. Public Works Director called the development "positive progress."… Continue reading
Mar 04 Mississippi governor to sign bill limiting transgender athletes’ ability to compete By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he'll sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities. Continue reading
Mar 03 Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap By Jeff Martin, Leah Willingham, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Mississippi's largest city is still struggling with water problems, more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:44 Mississippi’s Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on a blues revival By Tom Casciato The blues is a quintessentially American art form, yet one whose early masters have mostly passed away. The genre relies on each succeeding generation to renew and reinvigorate it. In Clarksdale, Mississippi, 21-year-old guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is taking up… Continue watching
Nov 11 WATCH: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram performs ‘Before I’m Old’ By Joshua Barajas, Tom Casciato The 21-year-old guitarist and singer has been bringing the blues to a new generation of fans. Continue reading
Nov 04 Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, ‘In God We Trust’ By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press It replaces a Confederate-themed flag that state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice. Continue reading
Oct 27 Voters in some states unable to cast early ballots in person By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have taken advantage of early in-person voting amid record-breaking early turnout, according to Associated Press elections research. Continue reading