Advocate: With ‘school choice,’ private schools will get public money but not educate all

Buddy Guy celebrated at Radio City Music Hall with a sold-out 'Buddy's Got the Blues' show

Blues great Buddy Guy was celebrated Thursday night with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Fellow legend Bobby Rush said he would have walked from Mississippi to be part of the celebration.

Mississippi Medicaid seeks $179M budget increase, less than in 2025

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid asked lawmakers for a roughly $179 million increase in state spending for the coming fiscal year after receiving a steep increase last year that squeezed other parts of the state’s budget.

Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed execution in Tennessee, attorneys say

Christa Pike's attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee.

Father and son arrested in Ole Miss kratom-suspected deaths

Oxford store clerk Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and his 18-year-old son Islam Yahya Mosleh face federal charges for selling kratom tied to two Ole Miss students' deaths.

Mississippi's brain drain problem starts with the first job, CEO says

Mississippi's brain drain may be curbed by assigning new hires a project, with AI handling some routine preparation while an experienced employee coaches the judgment around it, CEO writes.