2017 Governor. Phil Bryant selected Dickinson, an ex-state Supreme Court justice, as the successor to retiring commissioner David Chandler. Chandler was the original person to head the agency. It was created by the Legislature as…

Winning a majority of the popular vote and the most votes in a majority of the House districts ensured that the Democrat Hood's election would not be decided by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Jonathan…

It was almost impossible to draw Thad Cochran. It wasn't because he was not distinctive -- his white hair and eyebrows, as well as the shape of his chin made him easy to draw. The…

Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi is a Mississippi State University sociology professor who has spent two decades getting to know Mississippians. Parisi is the head of NSPARC, a Mississippi State University research center that gathers and analyses…

Young and old women from 17 countries and five continents gathered here to compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf championship. The event will be televised by FS1 network, which includes Brad Faxon (golfing legend)…

An apparatus was attached to Barbour's ear when we looked closer. Barbour was answering questions from CNN about the state elections. The otherwise empty, cavernous rotunda was empty except for a Mississippi Highway Patrol security…

He was 14 when he set out on the road with bluegrass band Jim & Jesse. This fulfilled at least one of his childhood dreams at an age when most high school students are still…

The Environmental Integrity Project, a non-profit watchdog, published the study. It found that 91% of all coal-powered plants that provided data were contaminating groundwater at unsafe levels with toxic pollutants. Groundwater contamination was ninth highest…