The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Mississippi lawmakers are sending their governor a bill that would create a medical marijuana program for people with serious medical conditions

Mississippi's capital city struggles with an unreliable water system that has problems with both quality and distribution

On Wednesday, Mississippi’s Republican-led legislature finally agreed on a medical cannabis bill to be sent to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk. After months of negotiations, the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act will establish a system of licensed dispensaries to provide medical cannabis to qualified patients.

Schools boards and city officials in Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee want to purge "objectionable" books

Imminent threat to Roe v Wade raises concern from many religious communities across the US, including Muslim Americans.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states

Mississippi enacted new congressional districts on Jan. 24 when Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed the state’s congressional redistricting plan. Mississippi was apportioned four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Mississippi’s…

Kentucky is out of the Top 25 for the first time since Nov. 19, 2018. The Wildcats had been ranked for 65 consecutive weeks which was the eighth-longest active run.

Bills follow attempts in Texas, Mississippi to challenge Roe V Wade

State-by-state battles over the future of abortion are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions based on laws in Texas and Mississippi and some Democratic-led states are working to preserve access