Democratic Nominee Shuwaski Young Drops Out of Secretary of State Race
Democratic candidate Shuwaski Young plans to withdraw from the Mississippi secretary of state race because of health concerns, he announced Sunday in a press release.
Democratic candidate Shuwaski Young plans to withdraw from the Mississippi secretary of state race because of health concerns, he announced Sunday in a press release.
Mississippi has made headlines for its reading gains and the success of its Literacy-Based Promotion Act passed 10 years ago.
Three national pathologists say Mississippi’s chief medical examiner should have labeled the cause of death as homicide for Damien Cameron, a Black Braxton, Miss., resident whose mother alleges that two white Rankin County deputies knelt on his back for over 20 minutes, causing his death in July 2021.
A 13-year-old rape victim from Cleveland, Miss., who had no access to safe and legal abortion care in the state, gave birth around Aug. 14.
Two Mississippi Democratic candidates want to debate their Republican opponents ahead of the Nov. 7 primary election this year.
FedEx has fired D’Monterrio Gibson, the Black driver who alleged that two white men chased and shot at him while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., in January 2022.
Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Errick L. Greene announced both testing gains and an investigation into test irregularities at some schools during a press conference on Thursday.
The judge hearing a case involving two white men accused of shooting at a Black FedEx delivery driver has ended in a mistrial in Lincoln County, Miss., after a Brookhaven Police officer withheld evidence from the prosecution and defense.
Private and public organizations are working to save the lives of fetuses, infants and mothers alike in Mississippi—the deadliest state in the U.S. for babies before and after they are born.
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