Education
School Choice Program Raises Questions About Accountability
More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to nonprofits that rely primarily on businesses …
Business
Coal Mine Layoffs Latest Fallout at Kemper Power Plant
The company that supplies lignite coal to Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County power plant says it will lay off 75 workers at the mine.
Crime
A Sterling Closer, Failed Maury Povich Quip Closed Out Hinds DA Smith's Second Trial
The mostly female and predominately black jury raised their hands Tuesday evening to confirm that they unanimously had decided that Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith was not guilty …
Civil Rights
Democrats, Republicans Honor Robert Clark's 'Striving and Working' Legacy
In the midst of Mississippi's turbulent reckoning with the Civil Rights Movement, Holmes County residents elected Robert G. Clark to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1967. He was the …
Person of the Day
Sean Payton
Saints head coach Sean Payton came to New Orleans at one of the lowest points in the franchise's history.
National
North Korea Details Plan to Fire Missile Salvo Toward Guam
North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. …
Health Care
Trump Escalates Feud with Senate GOP Leader Over Health Care
President Donald Trump resumed his taunts of his party's Senate leader on Thursday, expressing disbelief that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell couldn't persuade a Republican majority to pass a health care …
Health Care
Study: Trump Actions Trigger Health Premium Hikes for 2018
The Trump administration's own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found.
Education
AP Interview: DeVos Says She Didn't Decry Racism Enough
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday distanced herself from her comment earlier this year about the nation's historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice, saying that in …
National
FBI Agents Searched Former Trump Campaign Chair's Home
FBI agents looking for financial documents have searched one of the homes of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, whose past foreign political work has been swept into …
Health Care
GOP Senator Suggests Brain Tumor Affected McCain Vote
Sen. Ron Johnson suggested that fellow Republican Sen. John McCain's brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the vote were factors in the Arizona lawmaker's decisive vote against the GOP …
Sports
Former Ole Miss Coach Nutt's Lawsuit vs. School Dismissed
Former Mississippi coach Houston Nutt's civil lawsuit against the school and its athletics foundation has been dismissed by a federal judge.
The Slate
The second week of August brings the first full week of preseason NFL games. Every team is in action this week with plenty of games on to fill the long …
Food
Down Home at Da Shak Grill
Frederick Terry, who is the owner and chef at Da Shak Grill in Bryam, started learning how to cook around the age of 16.
Politics
Sen. McDaniel’s Loyalties
It appears that Mississippi Sen. Chris McDaniel has decided to endorse the view that those deserving of support and by implication, rights, are only "white christian males."
