Editor’s Note | MFP Team Hits the New Year Running
Mississippi elections end, national elections begin. We’re used to the endless campaign seasons here in Mississippi, and 2024 will be no different.
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Mississippi elections end, national elections begin. We’re used to the endless campaign seasons here in Mississippi, and 2024 will be no different.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves borrowed from former President Barack Obama’s hopeful rhetoric during his second inaugural address.
Democract Ty Pinkins relaunched his 2024 U.S. Senate campaign outside the Mississippi Capitol on Jan. 8, 2024.
The largest of Mississippi’s medical marijuana testing labs has had its license temporarily suspended while a third party retests cannabis products.
Officials evacuated government buildings in Mississippi and several other states following a second day of bomb threats.
A state-run court in the City of Jackson, Miss., will soon be able to move forward, a federal judge reaffirmed as he upheld H.B. 1020.
Andrea Thomas is a graphic designer who got her start at Christian Union Missionary Baptist Church in Tougaloo, Miss.
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the creation of a state-run municipal court system in Jackson under H.B. 1020.
Charles Palmer prepped for Thanksgiving early this year—not with a turkey and sides, but a collaborative rap album he created alongside local artists. Much like
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