Chokwe Antar Lumumba is ending his second term as mayor of Mississippi's capital city. He pledged to make Jackson the most ...

The decision comes less than three months after the federal government revoked billions nationwide as part of Trump ...

Mississippi Today's editor-in-chief has won the state press association's top commentary award for his writing about Medicaid ...

Smith's campaigns for U.S. Senate have not been easy in any way. Will her reelection bid in 2026 be any different?

Jackson students who attended Freedom Schools this summer march in a gymnasium on Friday morning, June 27, 2025 at Thomas Cardozo Middle School. Credit: Devna Bose/Mississippi Today A cacophony of ...

Most laws passed this year by the Mississippi Legislature, including tax increases and cuts, take effect July 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to play football. His daughter, Reena, was the weight on her father’s ankles ...

Mississippi superintendents accused of paying each other tens of thousands of dollars for consultant services never rendered, ...

With two days before the scheduled execution, Richard Jordan’s attorneys appeal for clemency.

Highly successful baseball coach Scott Berry, who won big first at Meridian Community College and then at Southern Miss, joins the podcast.

Column: Mississippi native and New York Yankees pitcher Will Warren's incredible story is one of waiting your turn and never ...