Statewide News
ACLU workers are unionizing
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 18, 2023 Staff members of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and other Southern states are unionizing. Workers of the nonprofit in Mississippi,...
CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES WINNER OF MISSISSIPPI’S 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2023 ART COMPETITION
United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced winners of the 2023 Second Congressional "Artistic Discovery" Art Competition. This year's 1st Place winner is Arthur Davis from...
GREGORY NAMED AMONG MBJ’S TOP 40 UNDER 40
Mississippi Main Street Association’s Executive Director Thomas Gregory was recently named among the Mississippi Business Journal’s (MBJ’s) 2023 Top 40 Under 40 award honorees. MBJ’s Top 40 Under...
Bill’s mandatory minimum sentences would worsen state’s soaring prison population, criminal justice advocates say
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Legislation awaiting Gov. Tate Reeves' signature would set mandatory minimum sentences for carjacking and fleeing law enforcement – a move that...
Some are jailed in Mississippi for months without a lawyer. The state Supreme Court just barred that.
by Caleb Bedillion and Taylor Vance, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Poor defendants in Mississippi are routinely jailed for months, and sometimes even years,...
One last effort to explain MAEP to Speaker Gunn
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 16, 2023 Responding to questions from members of the media recently about funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, House Speaker Philip Gunn,...