Politics
Archie v. Hinds County Board of Supervisors: Mississippi Supreme Court Appoints Dickinson to Case
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted to remove District 2 Supervisor David Archie as vice president on Sept. 29.
Politics
Seals, Caston, Mayfield Run for Hinds County Sheriff
Hinds County District 4 Constable Leon Seals, Jackson Police Department Officer Brandon Caston, and former Town of Edwards Police Chief Torrance Mayfield are running for Hinds County sheriff at the ...
Abortion
Analysis: Ex-Lawmaker Argues for Mississippi Abortion Limits
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold abortion restrictions that he helped put into state law.
Politics
Mississippi Chief Justice Extends COVID-19 Order for Courts
The head of the Mississippi Supreme Court is extending a emergency order that allows judges to postpone jury trials to try to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Politics
‘Women are the Essential Workers’: Mississippi Senate Labor Committee to Revisit Equal Pay Issue
Mississippi is the only state in the union with no equal pay law, but the Mississippi Senate’s Labor Committee took up the issue once again on Sept. 29, hosting a ...
Politics
Mississippi Works to Offer Driver's License in Digital Form
Mississippi is developing a way for people to have their driver's license, vaccination card and other state-issued documents available in a smartphone wallet, Commissioner of Public Safety Sean Tindell said ...
Politics
Mississippi Auditor Demands Payments in Human Services Fraud
The Mississippi auditor said Tuesday that he is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent welfare money in one of the poorest states in the nation. This includes $828,000 the ...
Politics
Reeves: Work Still Happening on Medical Marijuana Proposal
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he and legislative leaders are continuing to negotiate changes in a proposal to create a medical marijuana program, including putting tight limits on ...
Politics
West, Thompson Running for Hinds County Sheriff
In the field of 13 people who are running in the special election for Hinds County sheriff on Nov. 2 are Ather West and Reginald Thompson, both former Hinds County ...
Politics
Analysis: Race Theory Report Aims to Sway Policymakers
Republican candidates in Mississippi and across the U.S. have been raising money for months by promising to ban teaching of critical race theory.
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.
