Wrestler carried out welfare-funded workshops in broad daylight, defense testimony asserts

US Supreme Court must answer key questions after its Callais redistricting decision

Is it OK to gerrymander to eliminate majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court's Callais redistricting decision?

Inside the fight against ‘zombie deer disease,’ scientists confront changing politics

A lab in Louisiana is a hub for chronic wasting disease research detection in deer. Outside, scientists face skepticism and backlash.

Louisiana Legislature approves redistricting plan to give Republicans another US House seat

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black U.S. House districts.

Mississippi is raising the bar for student performance, and that’s  good for kids, national consultant says

Consultant: Mississippi has a law requiring student performance expectations to be raised once 75% reach proficiency or 65% of schools earn a “B” or higher.

Ida B. Wells and Tim Kalich will be included in Mississippi Press Hall of Fame

Ida B. Wells and Tim Kalich will be inducted into the Mississippi Press Hall of Fame on June 26 in Biloxi.