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Tate Reeves Proposes Changes to Tax Code, MAEP, Hospitals

Talk around the Capitol suggests that because it is an election year, nothing substantial will get done. But it's clear that the state leadership has a different idea.

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves held a press conference at the Capitol Monday morning to discuss …

• January 19, 2015

Tougaloo, Millsaps Spend MLK Day With Fun and Community

The MLK Day Play-n-Serve, sponsored by Tougaloo and Millsaps colleges, is a reminder of how our nation has changed.

The daylong Play-n-Serve involves alumni and students from both colleges as well as high school …

• January 19, 2015

Bayard Rustin

If Martin Luther King Jr. was the face and the voice of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s, Bayard Rustin was the movement's conscience because he was …

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• January 19, 2015

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• January 19, 2015

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• January 19, 2015

Shea's on Lake Harbour

Islamic State Group Releases 200 Captive Yazidis in Iraq

The Islamic State group released about 200 Yazidis held for five months in Iraq, mostly elderly, infirm captives who likely slowed the extremists down, Kurdish military officials said Sunday.

Secret Service: Shots Fired Outside Bidens' Delaware Home

Multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Delaware home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night, the U.S. Secret Service said Sunday. The vice president and his …

Ukraine Leader Vows to Retake Separatist-Held East

Ukraine's president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed separatist fighters vying for command over the airport in the city …

Obama's Tax Proposals Get Cool Reception from GOP Lawmakers

Republican lawmakers are already signaling they will do what they can to block President Barack Obama's pitch for tax increases on the wealthiest Americans.

EU Appeals Hamas Court Ruling Taking Group Off Terror List

The European Union launched an appeal against last month's EU court ruling that ordered the Palestinian group Hamas removed from its terror list for technical reasons, the bloc's foreign policy …

Embassy Suites, Ridgeland

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• January 19, 2015

Holmes Community College, Grenada

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• January 16, 2015

Building Marred with Anti-Gay 'Marrage' Threat

On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court decided to eventually rule on marriage-equality cases, Jackson's LGBT community is on edge after a message of hate is scrawled on an …

Anti-gay message near Poindexter Park in Jackson.

• January 16, 2015