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‘A Beacon of Hope’: Mississippi Free Press Wins Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership in First Poynter Prizes
The Mississippi Free Press is pleased to announce that it was honored in April with the inaugural Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership...
‘A Beacon of Hope’: Mississippi Free Press Wins Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership in First Poynter Prizes
The Mississippi Free Press is pleased to announce that it was honored in April with the inaugural Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership...
State News
‘It doesn’t look good’: At 3-year mark, more questions than answers in Mississippi welfare fraud scandal
“It doesn’t look good.”
Former Gov. Phil Bryant’s own words about his role in the state’s welfare fraud scandal are a great understatement.
And now at...
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How does Mississippi’s cottage food law compare to others?
All 50 states now allow the sale of home-baked foods to the public. At least to a certain extent.
Mississippi has had a cottage food...
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Exploited: White Delta farm owners are underpaying and pushing out Black workers
INDIANOLA – The new crop of workers arrived with clipped accents and small khaki shorts.
Richard Strong remembers the young men – farmers back home...
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Offering hope to those who need it most
A piece of chocolate and a word of encouragement.
That’s how the Buried Treasures Home began.
Nikki Benz’s obedience to the Lord led her to the...
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How we reported the story: White Delta farm owners underpay, push out Black workers
Mississippi Today reporter Sara DiNatale spent eight months investigating the state of the farming workforce in the Delta. She interviewed a dozen local and...
Government
Ezell unseats Palazzo, Guest fends off Cassidy in Mississippi midterm runoffs
U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, representing Mississippi’s 4th District, became the first incumbent congressman to lose in a party primary in recent state history when...
