Mississippi Today
Midterm campaigns are asking, where's the beef? And how much does it cost?
In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battleground. Democrats and Republicans are clashing over who supports meat consumption more. In Mississippi, Democratic Senate…
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3mCourt disbars former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba
The disbarment of former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba comes as he awaits sentencing on a federal bribery charge stemming from an undercover FBI corruption operation.
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9mFacing lawsuits, Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI offers to buy homes homes near Southaven data centers
Southaven's mayor says home buyouts around data centers are good corporate citizenship.
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8mMississippi schools show progress, though higher state standards result in more C and D districts
The more rigorous standards underscore state leaders’ efforts to continue the gains that have rocketed Mississippi to national stardom, education leaders said.
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5mThese Yazoo City families overcome hurdles to own their homes
Forty families in Yazoo City learned Wednesday they will soon become homeowners — without the burden of a mortgage — after overcoming obstacles that threatened to derail their dreams of owning homes.
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7mSen. 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.