Auditor seizes hundreds of thousands from cities to pay for overdue financial reports
Jeff Goodwin, director of the Mississippi state auditor’s compliance division, was congenial while describing to Canton officials how the office has taken $352,000 of the city’s revenue to pay for past-due audits – the first time Auditor Shad White has exercised this authority.
A Mississippi monkey sanctuary helps veterans with PTSD find peace
In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder says he finally feels at peace.
‘Defunded but not defeated’: How Mississippi Public Broadcasting is navigating budget cuts
Like many Mississippians, Jovani Johnson was raised on PBS Kids. Shows like “Sesame Street” and “Maya & Miguel” were a key part of his early
Generations come together at a county fair dubbed Mississippi’s ‘giant house party’
Each summer, hundreds of brightly colored cabins come to life with the sound of children playing and smells of Southern comfort food in what’s known as Mississippi’s “giant house party,” the Neshoba County Fair.
How Mississippians can intervene in natural gas pipeline proposal
Mississippians have until Tuesday to intervene in a proposal for a natural gas pipeline that would span nearly the full width of the state.
Mississippi’s social media age verification law in effect for now but continues to face legal challenges
Using social media applications like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook may take a few more steps soon after a 2024 Mississippi law that’s faced ongoing litigation went into effect in July.
New scholarship opportunity offers affordable option for Mississippi college students to earn degree
University of Southern Mississippi and Pearl River Community College announced Wednesday a new coastal pathways scholarship that will give graduates of the two-year school a way to complete their bachelor’s degree at USM.
Tech group asks Supreme Court to block Mississippi law on age verification for social media
The group filed an emergency application Monday, days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Mississippi law could take effect. While NetChoice has sued other states over age-verification laws, the Mississippi case is the first to reach the nation’s high court.
Board green lights second charter high school for Mississippi
Ambition Preparatory Charter School will expand to become the second charter high school in the state.
Court rules Mississippi’s social media age verification law can go into effect
A Mississippi law that requires social media users to verify their ages can go into effect, a federal court has ruled. A tech industry group has pledged to continue challenging the law, arguing it infringes on users’ rights to privacy and free expression.
Mississippi judge pauses the state’s ban on DEI programs in schools and universities
A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities was temporarily blocked by a federal judge Sunday.
Coast judge upholds secrecy in politically charged case. Media appeals ruling.
A Jackson County Chancery Court judge is denying the public access to a case that involves several politically connected Mississippians and their failed venture to ticket uninsured motorists using cameras and artificial intelligence.
Donation aids improvements at Civil War battlefield in Vicksburg
Vicksburg National Military Park is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center.
Corps revises Pearl River flood study, sets new comment period
Heading into the Fourth of July weekend last Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a revised study on potential flood controls for the part of the Pearl River that runs along Jackson.
Does a Confederate monument represent Brandon, Mississippi? Locals weigh in at town hall
Rankin County residents packed Brandon City Hall to discuss whether a Confederate statue belongs in the Mississippi town’s center where a bulk of local traffic flows. But most took stances on whether it represents heritage or hate.
Mississippi’s court system is now fully online. Here’s how it happened
Every circuit, chancery and county court across Mississippi’s 82 counties is finally part of the statewide electronic court system, completing a nearly two-decade-long mission to have a uniform digital court system.
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.
Defendant in Mississippi auditor’s ‘second largest’ embezzlement case in history goes free
Four years ago, agents from the state auditor’s office arrested Tunica nonprofit operator Mardis Jones in what the office trumpeted as the second-largest embezzlement case in its history and demanded Jones return over $1 million to the state.
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.
Anti-abortion doctors ask Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn 1998 ruling
Lawyers for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists have filed an appeal asking the state Supreme Court to overrule its 1998 decision and declare Mississippi’s effective ban on abortion constitutional.
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