Person of the Day | Terry Cassreino: St. Joe Journalism Educator Wins National Award
Cassreino has two decades of journalism experience that he uses to amplify the journalism program at St. Joseph Catholic School in Madison, Miss.
Cassreino has two decades of journalism experience that he uses to amplify the journalism program at St. Joseph Catholic School in Madison, Miss.
Democrat Ty Pinkins will replace Shuwaski Young as the party’s secretary of state candidate on the Nov. 7 general election ballot, the Mississippi Democratic Party announced Thursday at a press conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday.
Mississippi Democratic Party Chair Tyree Irving resigned over the weekend amid pressure from fellow party members who feared he may have jeopardized a $250,000 donation from the Democratic National Committee following a tirade against another state party official.
The Mississippi Democratic Party could face fines and other penalties after failing to file periodic campaign-finance reports required under state law, the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office says.
Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Tyree Irving should be replaced, a Democrat running for statewide office says.
Brandon Presley will be the only Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor on the Aug. 8 primary ballot and thus the party’s de facto nominee after the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s order to place another candidate, Bob Hickingbottom, on the ballot.
The Mississippi Democratic Party must allow Bob Hickingbottom to challenge Brandon Presley for the party’s nomination for governor in the August primaries, a state judge ruled on May 26.
The Mississippi Historical Society honored Mississippi native Leslie Burl McLemore with its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award on March 3, 2023, for his efforts as a student leader during the heights of the Civil Rights Movement and for his accomplishments with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
In an interview with the Mississippi Free Press on Tuesday, Bob Hickingbottom accused Democratic leaders of wanting “to make sure that Brandon Presley doesn’t have any competition, particularly from Black candidates.”
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