AG Hood warns state workers of paycheck scam
Attorney General Jim Hood is warning Mississippi employees that scammers are targeting them in attempt to reroute directs deposits of employees’ pay to another bank...
Parker Lifeshare Foundation gift supports special education
With the help of a $470,000 gift from Parker Lifeshare Foundation of Jackson, the University of Mississippi School of Education is designing a program to...
Hosemann, Hood seek millions from federal government
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit today against the federal government on behalf of school children in three districts...
Slave trade exhibit opens at Two Mississippi Museums
A new exhibit at the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum showcases rare artifacts uncovered from the wreckage of a sunken slave ship....
AG receives award for supporting employee military service
The Mississippi Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), an agency within the Department of Defense, recently awarded Attorney General Jim Hood and others...
Small game seasons re-open after flooding
Update: Small game seasons have re-opened on Shipland, Lake George and Sunflower wildlife management areas (WMAs). Earlier this year, heavy rainfall resulted in extensive flooding...
MSD hosts regional academic bowl
The Mississippi School for the Deaf (MSD) will host the Gallaudet University Southern Regional Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students...
2019 Dixie National Rodeo kicks off tonight
The 2019 Dixie National Rodeo will kick off tonight and run through Wednesday, February 13th. Each weekday rodeo is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m....
Mobile sports betting bill dies
Update (2/16/19): Yesterday was the deadline for the bills to pass out of the committee stage, and Willie Simmons’ Gaming Control Act didn’t make it...
Hyde-Smith announces $1 million to MS shipbuilder
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a $1 million contract for work in Mississippi to support production engineering studies...