Gulfport moves forward with $54M road project amid environmental concerns

Jackson business leaders urged to base data center opinions 'on the facts'

Data centers are facing increasing pushback from residents in Mississippi and across the country as companies are rushing to meet the expected artificial intelligence demand for computing power.

How MVSU lost and regained a star basketball recruit from ICE detention

Qingfang Pang of China had been a late recruit for Mississippi Valley State University's basketball team and only on campus for a day when ICE detained him on an expired visa.

Former President Bill Clinton to campaign in Mississippi for Scott Colom

The former Democratic president's trip to Mississippi will be the latest in a string of appearances by national figures hoping to turn out voters in the state's heated Senate race between Colom and incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

‘It’s as if he doesn’t exist’: In Mississippi, people are jailed months without formal charges

Almost half of the people at the end of June had been in custody in Hinds County in Jackson for at least 30 days on felony charges, some for more than a year, without an indictment, an analysis by The Marshall Project found.

Starkville’s district consolidation is called the state’s most successful. County residents feel differently

The 2015 consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts is considered a success, but it was costly for Black communities.