The tax proposed will be included in a package of legislation that aims to strengthen state regulation of the vaping industry. Hood is part of a group that includes the state Health Department and the…

If you didn't grow up on The Coast, chances are that the first time you saw the unusual combination was when you heard about Jesmyn Ward (a novelist who was born and raised here). You…

Hyde-Smith beat Espy comfortably Tuesday night. This shut down national speculation about whether the deeply Republican state would elect a Democrat as its U.S. Senate candidate for the first time since the advent of the…

Mississippi News Nonprofit Education was a key issue for political candidates in the past. Although the federal government has a limited role in education, Congress still has oversight of the U.S. Department of Education. It…

These are Croatian Americans who arrived in Biloxi in late 19th or early 20th centuries. They took on all aspects of the seafood industry, with an emphasis on work. Fofo Gilich, who is proud to…

I visited Lemuria to purchase his latest book, The Fighter. It will be featured in Saturday's panel on "Southern Fiction and Redemption" at the 2018 Mississippi Book Festival. Desperation Road, his 2017 novel, was my…

JACKSON -- On Tuesday, the Mississippi Legislature met at the Capitol to begin its 133rd regular legislative session. Issues surrounding education and roads dominate the conversation Lt. Governor. Tate Reeves, House Speaker Philip Gunn and…

Espy stated that he represented him on a part of the Ivory Coast Cocoa Commission. This was partly to try and stabilize the tenure for the gentleman who thought he had won. However, when I…