OPINION: Baker's 'Sovereignty' Comment Shows Disrespect for Voters, LawAt a recent campaign stop, Republican candidate for attorney general and Mississippi State Rep. Mark Baker claimed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a pivotal law in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and representation, violated Mississippi's "sovereignty."
The Hunt for Vouchers in Mississippi, After All These YearsRepublican leaders secretly slipped $2 million for a private-school voucher program into an unrelated funding bill—despite the fact that most Democrats and many Republicans opposed expanding the program.
Poor Mississippi Counties Are Top IRS Targets in Hunt for Tax CheatsA new study of IRS practices reveals a tale of two Mississippi counties, with one of the poorest in the state earning the top spot as the most audited in the country, while the second-wealthiest is Mississippi's least audited.
Teacher Pay in Limbo as Mississippi Senate Balks at $4,000 RaiseThe fate of a bill that could grant Mississippi's public-school teachers a $4,000 pay raise over a two-year period remained uncertain Monday morning as lawmakers from both chambers of the state Legislature worked to reach an agreement.
Gov. Bryant Signs Abortion Ban in Deadliest State for BabiesWith Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves at his side, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the nation's most restrictive abortion bill into law on Thursday morning.
Legislative Update: Fetal Heartbeats, Teacher Pay, Tort ReformDaniella Dismuke-Roja is an activist who is challenging laws that she believes threaten the rights of Mississippians. On March 14, she traveled to Jackson and joined a group of Democratic state legislators and Planned Parenthood activists to protest the state's …