The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Michigan State football is the latest big-time program to extend a scholarship to one of the top running backs in the country

A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest near state government buildings in the capital city of Jackson

All three candidates running in the August 8, 2023, Republican primary election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 3—Jonathan Dantzler (R), Jim Estrada (R), and Dennis Nowell (R)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed three election bills into law this week as the state continues to have the highest rate of election-related legislative activity this year.

A lawsuit is seeking to block Mississippi’s new restrictions on absentee ballots

A Mississippi police chief says two officers were shot, and one of them died, after a 22-year-old man took a woman hostage in a home

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Aderrien Murry was shot by a police officer responding to 911 call, resulting in collapsed lung, fractured ribs and lacerated liver

Financial documents show no sign that Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has fulfilled his pledge to give away campaign donations from people charged with misspending welfare money in the state’s largest public corruption case

Amite BioEnergy, which was fined $2.5m in 2021, notified Mississippi facility had breached emission limits

Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August