The fate of a pilot program to provide public defenders in rural counties — called “a model for the nation” — is now in the hands of a legislative conference committee.

Though school choice talks have stalled this session, bills regarding a state tax program that incentivizes Mississippians to ...

Some raise questions about noise, health or other impact a large development could have.  A large crowd of residents gathered ...

JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide ...

Measles hit Spartanburg, South Carolina, hard. Reuters reported last month nearly 1,000 individuals got infected in Spartanburg County since October.

Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.” ...

Attorneys defending Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only person to face trial in a welfare fraud scandal that has rocked ...

Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 ...

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Meg Medina has long since confirmed her promise as a writer after receiving an Ezra Jack Keats Award at The University of Southern Mississippi’s 2012 ...

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she has cosponsored legislation to crack down on the re-importation of products, including food, previously rejected by the federal ...

The Mississippi House of Representatives voted to concur on the measures Tuesday after the bills returned from the Senate.