National
Amid False 2020 Claims, GOP States Eye Voting System Upgrade
For years, Tennessee Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jeff Yarbro’s call to require the state’s voting infrastructure to include a paper record of each ballot cast has been batted down in ...
Politics
Federal Judge: Mississippi Jail Must Make Several Changes
A federal judge has ordered Hinds County leaders to implement several changes at the Raymond Detention Center.
Politics
Mississippi Creates New Office for Broadband Development
Mississippi is creating a statewide office to spend millions of federal dollars for broadband internet development — an effort that could boost lagging rural areas.
Crime
Judge Sentences Two Madison County Men to 150-Plus Years in Prison for Drug Offenses
Madison/Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced 34-year-old Carlos Dominique Allen and 42-year-old Torrey Powell to 156 years, collectively, for drug offenses on March 28, 2022.
Crime
Mississippi Gov Signs Bill Expanding Inmates' Work Release
Mississippi will expand a work release program for nonviolent inmates from one county to three counties.
Politics
Gov. Reeves Signs $524-Million Tax Cut As Education, Infrastructure Funding Woes Remain
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed an income-tax cut Tuesday afternoon that will eliminate $524 million from state revenues.
Politics
Teacher Raise, Tax Cut Top Issues in Mississippi Session
Mississippi legislators have finished their busiest session in years after enacting the largest teacher pay raise in a generation and setting the state's largest-ever income tax cut.
Politics
Mississippi Legislators Work to Approve State Spending Plans
Mississippi legislators on Monday were approving parts of a state budget for the year that begins July 1, and it is substantially larger than the budget for the current year.
Politics
Mississippi Joins States Limiting Outside Election Funding
Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private groups for voting operations—a movement fueled by conservatives' suspicion of donations by Facebook founder Mark ...
Politics
'Go, Mississippi': State Could Ditch Song with Racist Roots
Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag.
Mississippi 2020 Election Lines, Continued
Voters across the metro gather to cast their ballots for the Nov. 3, 2020, election.
Mississippi 2020 Election Lines
A gallery of the 2020 Election Lines that JFP staff experienced on the morning of ...
Legislature Votes to Change State Flag
Pictures from the Mississippi State Capitol's Saturday deliberations over the state flag on June 27.
Protest at the Governor's Mansion, June 6, 2020
The Black Lives Matter Mississippi Protest at the Governor's Mansion on June 6, 2020, included ...
2020 State of the State Gallery
Newly elected Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves delivered his first State of State address on Monday, ...
Tate Reeves Gubernatorial Inauguration Gallery
Republican Tate Reeves is now the governor of Mississippi, presiding over a deeply red government ...
Election Night Watch Parties Nov. 5, 2019
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves held an election watch party at the Westin Hotel in ...
Neshoba County Fair
Mississippi candidates for statewide office pitched their case at the Neshoba County Fair on July ...
Mass Incarceration Rally
Citizens rallied against mass incarceration in Brandon, Miss., on July 29. Family and friends of ...
State Campaigns 2018
With two competitive U.S. Senate races on the ballot and four House races, Mississippi hasn’t ...
Lee Announces Candidacy
Jonathan Lee announces his candidacy for Jackson mayor. (Audio is muffled near the end.)
A Tea Party Chat: Excerpt
Central Mississippi Tea Party President Janis Lane questions giving women the right to vote. She spoke with JFP reporter R.L. Nave on June 14, 2012.
