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Mississippi sets new laws on Medicaid during pregnancy, school funding, inheritance and alcohol

Mississippi is enacting several new laws on July 1. One states that sign language courses can replace foreign language for students to earn high school credit.

Traveling exhibit details life of Andrew Young, diplomat, civil rights icon

Buttigieg tours Mississippi civil rights site and says transportation is key to equity in the US

Governors of Mississippi and Alabama place friendly bets on lawmakers’ charity softball game

Judge rules that federal agency can’t enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi

1 of 2 abducted Louisiana children is found dead in Mississippi after their mother is killed

A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday, and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi — one dead and the other alive, police said. A Louisiana resident who had dated the woman was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in connection with the deaths and abduction, investigators said.

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6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

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Man accused in killing and kidnappings in Louisiana waives extradition

A man arrested in the slaying of a Louisiana woman and abduction of her two daughters and subsequent death of one of them has waived extradition in federal court in Mississippi.

Mississippi education board returns control to Tunica County School District

A Mississippi school district will regain local control next month after state education officials voted to end years of conservatorship.

Supervisors vote to allow solar panel farm in central Mississippi over residents’ objections

A county board in central Mississippi has approved what could become the state’s largest solar energy project.

Former executive of Mississippi Lottery Corporation is sentenced for embezzlement

The state auditor says a former vice president of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation has been sentenced to five years of house arrest after she pleaded guilty to embezzlement for giving herself unauthorized pay raises.

Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floor

A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor.

Mississippi woman who oversaw drug trafficking is sentenced to prison, prosecutor says

Federal prosecutors say a 49-year-old Mississippi woman who oversaw a drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Mississippi is the latest state sued by tech group over age verification on websites

A tech industry group says a new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults.

Mississippi police officer loses job after telling man to ‘go back to Mexico’

A white Mississippi police officer has lost his job after telling a Hispanic man “go back to Mexico” while responding to a home disturbance.

Judge affirms settlement of lawsuit filed by family of man who died after police pulled him from car

A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for a murder suspect.

Mississippi officials oppose plan to house migrant children at old Harrah’s Tunica hotels

Local officials won’t support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in northwest Mississippi.

One of two suspects in Mississippi carjacking arrested, bond set

A teenage suspect in a carjacking in Mississippi’s capital city is in custody with bond set at $1.75 million.

Former Mississippi teacher gets nearly 200 years for sexual abuse of former students

Federal prosecutors say a former Mississippi educator was sentenced Thursday to nearly 200 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

Growing publisher buying 10 newspapers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi

A rapidly growing publisher is buying 10 newspapers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi from a company owned by Alabama’s public pension fund.

Closed casino hotels in Mississippi could house unaccompanied migrant children

Officials in Mississippi are considering a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in the state’s northwest corner.

FBI agents raided the office and business of a Mississippi prosecutor, but no one is saying why

The FBI has raided a local prosecutor’s office and his private business in Mississippi’s capital city.

National Folk Festival to be held in Mississippi’s capital from 2025 through 2027

Mississippi’s capital city has been tapped to host the National Folk Festival from 2025 through 2027.

Mississippi’s 2024 recreational red snapper season opens Friday

Private recreational anglers and for-hire vessels get their chance at red snapper beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday when the 2024 season opens in Mississippi.

Transgender girl faces discrimination from a Mississippi school’s dress code, ACLU says

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against a Mississippi school district over a dress code policy based on students’ sex assigned at birth.

Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings.

At least 1 dead in Florida as storms continue to pummel the South. DeSantis declares emergency

At least one person is dead in Florida as powerful storms continue to pummel the South during a week of severe weather across the U.S. Florida Gov.

Mississippi governor signs law to set a new funding formula for public schools

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed legislation that will change the way the state pays for public schools.

Racial bias did not shape Mississippi’s water funding decisions for capital city, EPA says

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the state’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson.

Official resigns after guilty plea to drug conspiracy in Mississippi and North Carolina vape shops

A third-term city council member in south Mississippi is leaving office after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs.

Mississippi ex-sheriff pleads guilty to lying to FBI about requesting nude photos from inmate

A former Mississippi sheriff has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to FBI agents when they questioned him about requesting and receiving nude photos and videos of a female inmate.

Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman

Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman.

Mississippi city council member pleads guilty to federal drug charges

Prosecutors say a Mississippi city council member pleaded guilty to federal charges after running a multimillion-dollar illegal drug business.

Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools

Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature has completed a last-ditch effort to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings.

Judge grants autopsy rules requested by widow of Mississippi man found dead after vanishing

A Mississippi judge granted a request Thursday by the widow of a deceased man who vanished under mysterious circumstances to set standards for a future independent autopsy of her late husband’s body.

Mississippi high court declines to rule on questions of public funds going to private schools

The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to rule on whether the state is violating its own constitution with a program that would spend $10 million public money on infrastructure grants for private schools.

Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature

The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid has died. Negotiators missed a Thursday night deadline to file a final proposal, and that killed the issue for the four-month session.