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To My Unborn Daughter
I'm here to remind you of the truth. Warriors flow through your veins—brown women who integrated schools, survived Jim Crow. Slavery and Manifest Destiny are a part of your DNA.
State
Fire Marshal Distributes 300 Free Smoke Alarms
The Mississippi insurance commissioner is distributing about 300 smoke alarms in an effort to reduce fire deaths.
Politics
Mississippi High Court: Execution Plans Can be Kept Secret
Mississippi does not have to publicly disclose details of how it carries out executions, the state's highest court ruled Thursday.
City & County
A Mayor's Story: Tony Yarber on His Past Mistakes and Evolving Vision
Mayor Tony Yarber is different this time around. During his first run for the job vacated when Mayor Chokwe Lumumba died in 2014, a bunch of urgent business suits surrounded …
Business
Nissan Faces More Labor Law Charges at Mississippi Plant
The National Labor Relations Board is leveling new charges that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan's Mississippi plant are violating workers' rights.
Crime
Analysis: Someone Might Want a Trial in Epps Bribery Case
None of the people accused of bribing former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps have gone to trial. Yet. But Dr. Carl Reddix might be ready to risk it.
Crime
Physician Seeks Dismissal of Prison Contract Bribery Case
A physician accused of bribing Mississippi's former prisons chief says charges against him should be dismissed because prosecutors can't prove the corrections official did anything to improperly influence prison medical …
National
House Intel Committee Chair Steps Away from Russia Probe
The chairman of the House intelligence committee announced Thursday he is temporarily stepping aside from the panel's probe into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.
Film
Raising the Steaks
It's a classic tale of politics, power struggles and savory revenge, albeit in an unexpected setting. Writer-director Felipe da Fonseca Peroni's aptly named short film, "Brazilian Steakhouse," follows Rodney, who …
Politics
Special Session Ahead for Unfinished Business
A bi-partisan attempt to fund road and bridge repair, as well as Mississippi's top attorney's legal budget, stalled in a last-hour fight between the two houses in the Capitol last …
Art
Don’t Cut the Creative Industries
A ton of art mediums can provide a different point of view, from painting something in an unfamiliar style, to getting low to the ground and capturing that perfect photo, …
Education
Audit Finds Explicit Material on School-Issued Computers
A review by the Mississippi auditor's office found pornography and other explicit material on computers that some public schools issued to middle school and high school students.
Education
Charter School Funding Case Before Hinds County Judge
A group of parents with children in Jackson Public Schools challenged Mississippi's funding mechanism in the state's charter-school law in summer 2016, and this morning Hinds County Chancery Court Judge …
Biz Roundup
Jackson State University and Mississippi Children's Museum
Today, the Mississippi Children's Museum announced the naming of the Gertrude C. Ford Literacy Garden, a 13,000-square-foot outdoor gallery that first opened in the summer of 2014.
Business
Mississippi Power: Another Month, Another $99M for Kemper
Mississippi Power Co. says it needs one more month and another $99 million to finish its $7.2 billion Kemper County power plant.
LGBT
Mississippi LGBT Law Being Argued in Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments about a Mississippi law that would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
Civil Rights
Court Won't Revive Suit Over Confederate-Themed State Flag
A federal appeals court has blocked an African-American attorney's effort to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. He says he'll take the case to the Supreme …
Immigration
UPDATED: Gov. Bryant Joins States Supporting Trump's Travel Ban
Twelve states filed a brief in support of President Donald Trump's executive order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," which is his second attempt …
Wellness
If Not for My Size
"You are such a beautiful woman for your size." Yep. In 2017, someone said that to me.
Politics
A Bi-Partisan Mutiny Over Roads and Bridges
Lightning flashed outside as storms gathered inside the Mississippi Capitol late the night of Monday, March 27, a pivotal deadline day for budget legislation.
