1939: Jane Bolin becomes first Black female judge in the U.S.

Author, former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens: 'There is no Republican Party'

Stuart Stevens for decades was one of the top Republican political strategists and he ran campaigns for dozens of congressional, senatorial, gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. But the Mississippi native left the party over President Trump and says, “There is no Republican party … it has turned into the pro-tariffs party.” Stevens says the GOP these days, “in many ways is to the left of the Democratic Party.” The author of the New York Times bestseller “It Was All a Lie” and numerous other books also gives his take on Mississippi’s upcoming midterm elections, how Sen. Roger Wicker is doing as armed […]

California reading scores are up, thanks to literacy investments. Can the state do more?

Is a shortage of literacy coaches keeping California from achieving gains in fourth grade reading similar to the "Mississippi Miracle"?

Getting ready for the 2026 hurricane season

With Tropical Storm Bertha churning in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA is forecasting between three and six hurricanes and one and three major events, which are Category 3 (wind speeds over 110 miles per hour) and above, this hurricane season. 

'Black Box' podcast goes beneath the surface of Mississippi’s opioid epidemic and settlements

Mississippi Today and Goat Rodeo wrote the Black Box podcast with Mississippi’s opioid epidemic victims in mind. We want to honor the over 10,000 people who will never be able to listen to it.

Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to bring heavy rain, flooding along the Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Bertha has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches.