State News
How one community program is helping Delta kids learn to love reading
CLEVELAND — As a speech pathologist, Corrine Hegwood has been asking children what they like to read about for a long time.
But it’s a...
State News
High energy burden for Mississippians expected to get worse this summer
Booming natural gas prices, along with retiring coal plants and limited oil production, mean electric bills will likely go up across the country this...
Headline
Can lawmakers keep abortion pills out of Mississippi? Local, international activists say no.
In the days after the leak of a draft opinion showing the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, hundreds of Mississippians...
Headline
Insurance commissioner asks UMMC and Blue Cross to help man featured in Mississippi Today stories
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney sent a letter late Friday to attorneys for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and University of Mississippi...
Government
Podcast: Mississippi state auditors have long chased higher political ambitions
State Auditor Shad White, whose welfare investigation has recently been called into question, is one in a long line of Mississippi state auditors with...
Sports
Kevin Graham, Reece Ewing prove how one player can make all the difference for college baseball teams
How much difference can one player make in a baseball lineup?
Plenty. Just take a look at two Mississippi teams.
Ole Miss has won seven straight...
Government
Another Mississippi ‘trigger law’ to keep an eye on as Supreme Court deliberates: gay marriage
The 2007 law that would ban abortions in Mississippi if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade isn’t the only so-called “trigger law” language...
State News
COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Mississippi
COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have increased rapidly over the past two weeks, though overall numbers still remain low.
Mississippi has seen the largest percentage increase...
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Rising costs, contract work exacerbate nursing shortage for state’s safety net hospital
As part of efforts to address a shortage of...
‘A huge victory’: Minimum wage workers at USM get pay raise after protest
University of Southern Mississippi’s president announced a pay increase...