Anthony WitherspoonAnthony Witherspoon, the former mayor of a small Mississippi town, says he has moved to Africa to run a tourism business, and he is encouraging other Black people to also consider moving to the continent.
Court Date Set for Medical Marijuana Initiative DisputeThe Mississippi Supreme Court has set oral arguments for a lawsuit that questions the state initiative process and seeks to block development of a medical marijuana program.
Lottery Money Used to Repave State Highways in MississippiNew funds from the Mississippi Lottery are helping to lower a backlog in the state's road maintenance projects and have aided in the repaving of more than 250 miles of highway across the state, the Mississippi Department of Transportation said.
Health Dept: Weekly Vaccine Allocation Remains ConsistentMississippi is expecting to receive around 37,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine this week from the federal government, the same allocation the state has received for the last several weeks, state Department of Health spokesperson Liz Sharlot said Tuesday.
Cora NormanFormer Mississippi Humanities Council director Cora Norman, who worked to promote the state's diversity soon after court-ordered school integration in the early 1970s, has died. She was 94.
A coronavirus variant first identified in England has been discovered for the first time in Mississippi, state health officials said Monday.
Mississippi is spending $5 million of federal coronavirus aid to appoint eight senior judges to help reduce the backlog in the Hinds County court system.
The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday confirmed three people to the state Board of Education and one to the state Charter School Authorizer Board.
Mississippi legislators are pushing forward with proposals to let college athletes earn money from their own name, image or likeness.
Mississippi could join most other states in punishing people for “revenge porn.”
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is extending an order that requires people to wear masks in public places in most parts of the state, to guard against spread of the coronavirus.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced 30,000 new appointments to get the coronavirus vaccine were available Tuesday.
Anthony Witherspoon, the former mayor of a small Mississippi town, says he has moved to Africa to run a tourism business, and he is encouraging other Black people to also consider moving to the continent.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has set oral arguments for a lawsuit that questions the state initiative process and seeks to block development of a medical marijuana program.
New funds from the Mississippi Lottery are helping to lower a backlog in the state's road maintenance projects and have aided in the repaving of more than 250 miles of highway across the state, the Mississippi Department of Transportation said.
Mississippi schools that don't already offer computer science courses would be required to start phasing them in, under a bill advancing at the Capitol.
Mississippi is expecting to receive around 37,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine this week from the federal government, the same allocation the state has received for the last several weeks, state Department of Health spokesperson Liz Sharlot said Tuesday.
A bill being considered in the Mississippi Legislature would allow for home delivery of beer, wine and hard liquor.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is preparing to give his annual State of the State address.
Former Mississippi Humanities Council director Cora Norman, who worked to promote the state's diversity soon after court-ordered school integration in the early 1970s, has died. She was 94.