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Arrest warrant for woman who accused Emmett Till found nearly 67 years later in courthouse basement
An unserved arrest warrant in the lynching case of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago has been found in the basement of...
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FAQ: Abortion in Mississippi post-Roe v. Wade
Mississippi Today has compiled a list of questions in regards to abortion in Mississippi after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last...
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‘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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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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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...
State News
Former Gov. Phil Bryant should be sued over misspent welfare funds, civil defendant argues to court
A civil defendant in Mississippi’s massive welfare misspending scandal is arguing that if he’s being sued, so should former Gov. Phil Bryant.
That is just...
Government
Hinds County judges recuse themselves from abortion lawsuit challenging ‘trigger law’
All four Hinds County chancellors rescued themselves from the lawsuit filed by the state’s only abortion clinic asking that a law banning abortions in...
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Arrest warrant for woman who accused Emmett Till found nearly 67 years later in courthouse basement
An unserved arrest warrant in the lynching case of...
FAQ: Abortion in Mississippi post-Roe v. Wade
Mississippi Today has compiled a list of questions in...