Joyce Helmick, President of the Mississippi Association of Educators, joins Kayleigh Skinner, education reporter and Adam Ganucheau for a discussion about how legislative action in 2019 could encourage more than 30,000 public-school teachers to fight…

Mississippi Today's long-serving state senator Dean Kirby is joined by Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Bobby Harrison to discuss the potential for leadership changes at Capitol that could lead to a new approach to policymaking…

One team's misery can be another team's joy. Mississippi State was leading 10-3. The Bulldogs would win 11-5 and sweep the Rebels. The Bulldogs now have won 14 of 16 matches against arch-rivals, including all…

Harry Gipson (70) was killed in an altercation with a Simpson County deputy. At the request of Simpson County, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued a statement stating that it was "investigating circumstances that led…

According to the report, this reduction was achieved after the U.S. Supreme Court, in June 2013, struck down a section of the Voting Rights Bill of 1964 that required these jurisdictions to get federal Department…

Nonprofit Mississippi News. The Mississippi State Senate approved a bill to increase the salaries of public school teachers. But some feel it is not enough. Senate Bill 2770 was passed by the Senate on Wednesday.…

LAUREL -- Savannah Knight Dozier was the first to count her baby's fingers, and toes. She made sure that he had ten. He did. Savannah gave birth to her son against the wall in her…

56 is the median age of legislators, which is 18 years more than the state's median. Follow this link to hold your phone horizontally for mobile users. Mississippi Today created an interactive tool that allows…