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JSU Virtual Margaret Walker Celebration, New MSU Fall Calendar and USM Historical Site

The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University will partner with Foot Print Farms and Fauna Foodworks to host a 30-minute virtual cooking demonstration to celebrate Margaret Walker’s 105th birthday …

If the 2020 college football season is played, a third number will be retired. Former …

• July 2, 2020

Eli Manning

If the 2020 college football season is played, a third number will be retired. Former Rebel great Eli Manning follows in his father’s footsteps and is having his number retired …

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law Wednesday that bans abortion based on the …

• July 2, 2020

Mississippi Bans Abortion Based on Race, Sex, Genetic Issues

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law Wednesday that bans abortion based on the race, sex or genetic anomalies of a fetus, adding new limits in a state that …

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday the state is pausing its efforts to reopen the …

• July 2, 2020

Mississippi Pausing Reopening Process After COVID Surge

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday the state is pausing its efforts to reopen the economy after a recent surge in new reported coronavirus cases.

Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Brice Wiggins of Pascagoula said Mississippi is the …

• July 2, 2020

Mississippi Bill Would Give Thousands a Chance at Parole

The Mississippi Legislature has passed a bill that could grant thousands of incarcerated inmates a chance at parole.

Calyn Stringfellow advocates for greater citizens’ political engagement. Photo courtesy Calyn Stringfellow

• July 1, 2020

Members of Mississippi Votes set up a stand at a voter-registration event June 28 at …

• July 1, 2020

Activist: 'We Need to Flood the Polls as We Flooded the Streets to Protest'

Calyn Stringfellow wants more young people to get politically engaged and to register and turn out to vote, hence the program she held in front of Jackson City Hall.

Netflix on Tuesday announced a $10 million investment in a Mississippi-based credit union to build …

• July 1, 2020

Netflix Invests $10M in Black-Owned Credit Union in South

Netflix on Tuesday announced a $10 million investment in a Mississippi-based credit union to build economic opportunities in Black communities across the Deep South.

Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration employees Willie Townsend, left, and Joe Brown, attach a …

• July 1, 2020

With a Pen Stroke, Mississippi Drops Confederate-Themed Flag

With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem—a symbol that’s widely condemned as racist.

Although a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana is already in the works for November, …

• June 30, 2020

Senate Rule Committee Clears Way for Senate to Consider a Medical Marijuana Bill

The Mississippi Senate's rules committee has approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 586, which, if passed by the full Senate, will allow it to suspend the rules for the purpose of introducing …

Photo courtesy City of Jackson

• June 30, 2020

Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba released a second amended executive order concerning the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.