Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor Brandon Presley outraised Republican Gov. Tate Reeves nearly 4-to-1 over the past month, campaign finance reports show.
Jackson’s troubled sewer system will now be under the oversight of Ted Henifin, the interim-third party manager a federal judge appointed last year to oversee the City’s ailing water system.
July 2023 is set to have been the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, officials at the United Nations Meteorological Organization say.
Working Mississippians who want health care coverage need “better, more higher-paying jobs” that provide quality private insurance, not Medicaid expansion, Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said at the Neshoba County Fair as he traded barbs with Democratic opponent Brandon Presley.
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Jackson Public Schools and partner sites use a $9 million grant from the state to provide quality early childhood education.
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has sued Mississippi Today, alleging that the online news publication and its CEO defamed him by claiming he “embezzled,” “squandered” and “steered” $77 million in welfare funds “to benefit his family and friends, including NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.”
President Joe Biden honored Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley with the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Monument.
Mississippi cannot implement a “ballot harvesting” law that prevents residents from collecting and transmitting absentee ballots on behalf of other voters, including disabled voters, a federal judge said as he issued a temporary order Tuesday evening.
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