When asked if a $1500 per year increase for teachers was sufficient, he replied, "The question though is what the taxpayers can sustain. What can the taxpayers fund? The Legislature doesn’t fund anything. Everything is…

The proposal will be submitted to conference, where Senate and House negotiators will attempt to reach a final agreement in the closing days of session. Tax assessors, tax collectors, and coroners will also receive salary…

Dickerson's mother was approached by an angry woman at the bank, her hands clasped on her hips. Dickerson recalled the words of the woman, "I just wanted to let you know that my babysitter has…

Outgoing Gov. and Legislative leaders met Friday morning in the Woolfolk state office building to adopt an official estimate of how much money the state will collect in tax collections for the remainder of the…

EAGLE LAKE -- A Case IH tractor in red sits in 2 feet of standing water at Bonelli Circle, near two homes that are only inches from the floodwater's edge. Billy Whitten, 72, is a…

In 2015, The Clarion Ledger reported that they are standing up for Taylor Bell who was four years ago a high school student from Mississippi in the Itawamba Schools District. For posting a song that…

Mississippi Today's political reporters Bobby Harrison and Adam Ganucheau discuss how Mississippi's senators will deal with the Senate impeachment case against President Donald Trump.

Fitch received both her Bachelor of Business Administration as well as her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi. Fitch was appointed by the former governor in 2009. Haley Barbour was the executive director…