Bill proposed allowing reduction of parole time
The Mississippi Legislation has proposed a bill that allows reduction of parole time for a felon. The reduction in time would happen if the parolee enrolled in…
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Mississippi proposing 'The Fair Minimum Wage Act'
The Mississippi Legislature proposed a bill, called "The Fair Minimum Wage Act," to put the state's minimum wage at $15 per hour. House Bill 16 was…
Mississippi's first direct-entry MSN receives approval
Mississippi State University received approval to admit the first students into a newly-created Master of Science in Nursing degree program at MSU-Meridian. The program is Mississippi's first direct-entry MSN that allows college graduates holding non-nursing degrees to enter the nursing…
Exhibit on Eudora Welty opening March 15
The Ocean Springs Library will host "Welty," a traveling exhibit of photos taken by Eudora Welty. The photos were taken during during…
Governor Reeves Announces Major Public Safety Operation in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced a major public safety operation taking place in the city of Jackson. The large-scale public safety operation, called Operation Unified, is the result of coordinated efforts between state, local, and federal law…
The first Black woman in the Mississippi Legislature now has her portrait in the state Capitol
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is the first Black person — and first woman — to have a portrait on display in the…
Mississippi marine from World War II identified
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Marine Corps Sgt. Harold Hammett, killed during World War II, was accounted for on September 25, 2023. Sgt. Hammett was born in Avery, Mississippi and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1940.…
Can public money go to private schools? Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 4:48 PM CST, February 6, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a law that would put public money into infrastructure grants for private schools, attorneys for a public education advocacy group…
Mississippi House passes bill to legalize online sports betting
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG Updated 5:33 PM CST, February 1, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House passed a bill Thursday that would legalize online sports betting, bringing the state one step closer to joining 29 other states that already allow…
Mississippi Republican governor again calls for phasing out personal income tax in his budget plan
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is renewing his call for legislators to phase out the state’s personal income tax over several years, and he is asking them to spend more money on economic development,…
Mississippi Department of Education launching new campaign for reading scores
The Mississippi Department of Education is launching a new campaign called "Know Your Child's Reading Score." This comes in an effort for parents and guardians of kindergarten through third grade students to be informed of their child's reading ability and…
Vote to legalize online sports gambling in the Mississippi House
A vote to legalize online sports gambling in Mississippi could come as early as this week. House Bill 774 requires a majority vote and would go into effect…
Mississippi legislators approve incentives for 2 large data centers by Amazon Web Services
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 5:12 PM CST, January 25, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session Thursday and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to…
Can Mississippi permanently strip felons of voting rights? 19 federal judges will hear the case
BY KEVIN MCGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nineteen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether Mississippi can continue to permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes for which they have served a complete…
MEMA reports 12 winter weather related deaths
Pearl, Miss. – One additional weather-related death has been reported to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. It happened in Marshall County. This brings the state’s total death toll to 12 since January 14th due to winter weather. Additional deaths have been reported in Chickasaw, Humphreys, Leflore, Panola,…
Mississippi legislators approve incentives for a factory that would make EV batteries
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday gave broad, bipartisan approval to state incentives for a factory that will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles — a project that promises 2,000 jobs with an average salary of about $66,000. After…
Mississippi Lottery surpasses $2 billion in sales
In less than five years of lottery in the state, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced today it has surpassed $2 billion in gross sales. “These four years have passed in a flurry of excitement and growth,” said MLC President Jeff…
University of Mississippi Pharmacy school partners with global tech giant BD
BD is one of the world's largest global technology companies, employing more than 70,000 people working to develop technology, services and solutions that help advance clinical therapy for patients and the clinical process for health care providers. Through the new partnership,…
Jason White elected as Mississippi's 62nd Speaker of the House
January 2nd was the first day of Mississippi's legislative session and the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state's 62nd Speaker of the House. In an unanimous vote, 122 members of the House showed support for the…
Senator Jeremy England talks high priorities for Mississippi congress
The Mississippi legislature will convene on Tuesday, January 2nd. We spoke with Senator Jeremy England from Jackson County about what he is expecting to see…
MSDH places hold on medical cannabis products
The Mississippi State Department of Health will continue an administrative hold on a large number of medical cannabis products until retesting can be completed. The administrative hold impacts only a portion of the medical cannabis products available through the state.…
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl kicking off this Saturday
We are just a mere four days away from the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, where the Ole Miss Rebels will take on Penn State this Saturday, December 30.…
Mississippi prison guard shot and killed by coworker, officials say
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A corrections officer was shot and killed by a colleague Tuesday after the two workers got into a fight in the parking lot of a Mississippi correctional facility, prison officials said. Authorities were notified of a…
Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and…