Hyde-Smith and Colom make final pitches in Mississippi Senate midterm race

‘Red flag’: Voter inactivations surge in midterms since secretary of state adopted unverified Experian data to clean voter rolls

A Mississippi Today analysis of voter data from the secretary of state found that in the eight months since the March primaries, inactivations more than doubled in some jurisdictions, leaving up to 1 in 5 voters in counties such as DeSoto and Wilkinson one step closer to being purged from the rolls.

Parents of 1-year-old fatally shot by police protest at building that houses Mississippi attorney general's office

The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Mississippi led a protest Monday at the office of the state's attorney general, who ruled last month that the shooting was justified.

Mississippi prison health vendor fell short of contract requirements, watchdog finds

Mississippi’s prison healthcare provider has not met the requirements of its contract, according a report published Monday by the state’s legislative watchdog committee.

Federal judge: Southaven data center gas turbines must have air permits

A federal judge has denied Elon Musk-owned SpaceXAI’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the NAACP over its use of gas turbines to power data centers in Southaven and Memphis.  The lawsuit alleges that the artificial intelligence company’s turbines require a state air permit from the Mississippi Environmental Quality to operate and are “a […]

A rare push to release Hinds County jail detainees exposes a dysfunctional system

An unusual collaboration between prosecutors and public defenders to release unindicted jail detainees exposed deeper failures in Hinds County’s criminal justice system.