Senate candidate Scott Colom calls for temporary ban on data centers in Mississippi

Sen. Raphael Warnock says Scott Colom could flip Senate seat Democratic like his Georgia upset

Warnock said Mississippi, the state with the highest concentration of Black voters in the nation, is ripe for the Democratic Party to flip the Senate seat if only they’ll consistently spend money in the Deep South state and keep working to register voters. 

Coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison

A former youth gymnastics coach was sentenced Wednesday to 90 years in prison for secretly videotaping young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a gym in Purvis, Mississippi. Sean Gardner, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson. She ordered him to serve 30 years for each of the three child pornography production charges to which he pleaded guilty.

AccelerateMS seeks $2.5M budget increase to expand staff and workforce programs

The request comes as the state prepares for thousands of jobs to open in the next decade.

Officials work to ‘modernize’ plan to improve health of Mississippians

The new Comprehensive State Health Plan will establish priorities and strategies for enhancing access to care, addressing workforce and system challenges and supporting the sustainability of the state’s public health systems, said State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney at a Board of Health meeting Wednesday.

Groups challenge ‘unnecessary’ data-center-fueled gas pipeline

With FERC’s approval of the “Mississippi Crossing” pipeline project, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., has the power of eminent domain and can dig up any landowner's property without their consent.