Ward and Drones make $8.50 an hour, respectively. They greet shoppers, stock goods, and work the cash register. Two of Mississippi's 42,000 cashiers are Drones and Ward. They are the most common job in Mississippi,…

Danny Ross, a Ocean Springs shrimper, has been living on a boat since he was able to walk. As a child, he remembers climbing onto the dashboard to view the steering wheel. His dad would…

GREENWOOD -- Mayor Carolyn McAdams doesn't know how serious the problem of lead exposure in Greenwood is. According to limited data, the devastating effects of lead exposure on children in Greenwood are just as severe…

Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today's Editor-at-Large, sits down to talk with Jennifer Bryan. Dr. Bryan was elected the first woman to chair the Mississippi State Medical Associations Board of Trustees. She educates legislators on global medicine…

Anderson laughed as Anderson remembered that Anderson wanted to meet with the long-time investigator "about an agency". The caller suggested that Anderson should "just come up to governor's office." Anderson was being tapped by the…

May 17, 2020. What we're going through is real, scary, and traumatic. Everybody has experienced this virus, and it seems that everyone is going through five stages of grief: denial, anger and bargaining. You can…

In 2016, the former governor of Mississippi appointed Davis to manage the state's $1 billion public safety net. Mississippi Today obtained text exchanges that revealed the governor's influence over the agency. The scandal auditors claim…

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi sued Mississippi over a decade ago for making sure that its executives' compensation couldn't be disclosed. The University of Mississippi Medical Centre -- despite being subject to the…