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Mississippi State Treasurer Lynn Fitch will not join her Republican opponents in the race for …

Politics

Taggart 'Disappointed' That Fitch Plans to Skip AG Debates

Republican candidate for Mississippi attorney general Andy Taggart criticized one of his opponents, State Treasurer Lynn Fitch, in an open letter on Monday because she does not plan to attend …

Photo by Critz Campbell

Photo by Blake McCollum

Person of the Day

Critz Campbell

The Mississippi Museum of Art recently named Critz Campbell, an associate professor of sculpture at Mississippi State University, as the recipient of its 2019 Jane Crater Hiatt Artist Fellowship.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that he'll recall lawmakers to the state Capitol …

National

Virginia Governor Announces Special Session on Gun Control

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that he'll recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in the coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation, which he said …

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves will hear evidence without a jury. The trial in Jackson …

Health Care

Judge Urged to Force Mental Health Changes in Mississippi

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday told a federal judge that Mississippi provides too few mental health services in the community and confines too many people in state mental hospitals.