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…
Q&A with Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak
We interviewed six dozen Democrats to find out about their past, present, and future after the devastating 2019 defeat for Mississippi Democrats. Part one explains how the Mississippi Democratic Party was disorganized and dysfunctional leading…
Reeves holds off legislators’ push for year-round session…
Reeves could view the resolution as an insult because it would remove one of his most prized powers, the authority to summon legislators back to special sessions after the year's regular session has ended. If…
Remembering Tom Dempsey and ‘the kick’
We are there. We've been there for many days. There will be more. We lost Tom Dempsey on Saturday night. He was a half-footed football player who performed one of the most remarkable athletic feats…
Mississippi Today sweeps 2020 Green Eyeshades Awards for…
The Green Eyeshades Award presented five categories of digital news awards to Mississippi Today journalists this week. The Green Eyeshades Award was established in 1950 in recognition of excellence in journalism in the Southeastern United…
Small businesses impacted by coronavirus can apply for…
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that grants applications will now be accepted. "It plunged our country into the greatest job losses we've seen since the Great Depression." The grant program will go live Thursday, with…
State flag commission to meet with or without…
Reeves was appointed House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Lt. Governor. Delbert Hosemann was charged with appointing three members to each of the nine-member commissions that will determine the new design. Gunn and Hosemann met their…
New poll shows Hyde-Smith up 8 points on…
This poll shows President Donald Trump beating Vice President Joe Biden 55% to 41% in the same poll. FiveThirtyEight, a respected pollster rating national pollsters, gave the pollster a B/C rating. It sampled 507 Mississippians…
The 1970 Forest Bearcats ‘We weren’t thinking about…
FOREST - 50 years ago, the residents of this Scott County community had no idea what they were in for. Because the two high schools were merging into one, they knew that life and school…