Miss. News Briefs: Traveling Back Home, The Bomb Threat on a Very Busy Day
JACKSON, Miss.–Some of the cheapest gas in the country is right here in the Magnolia State. If you’re just now headed back home from Thanksgiving,...
Category : Politics
Obama Care and Mississippi: Changes to Expect This Year
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–The second season of Obama Care and the healthcare.gov website has gone more smoothly than the first rollout, according to the feds, but there...
Gay Marriage Ban in Mississippi Overturned, Two Week Hold Gives State Time to Respond
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss– Same sex marriage in Mississippi was voted down twice before, but a federal judge has overruled that ban. ...
Mississippi NAACP Calls to Act “Collectively and Calmly” After Ferguson Ruling
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss– The Mississippi National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a statement Tuesday after the Grand Jury ruled no indictment for officer...
The Riots in Ferguson: Mississippians React
by kim
FERGUSON, Mo.–Businesses being burned, police cars set on fire, gunshots piercing the still of the night, all of it happening in Ferguson, Missouri, after a...
Corruption in the Juvenile Justice System: Administrator Accused of Embezzlement
by kim
By John Mott Coffey, with News Mississippi affiliate WQNZ NATCHEZ, Miss.–The person elected today as Adams County’s next Youth Court judge will be overseeing the...
Common Sense Solutions: Thompson Reappointed to Homeland Security Committee, Sets Priorities
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The House Committee on Homeland Security will continue to have Mississippi’s Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-2nd District) as its ranking Democrat. Thompson was reappointed by...
Corrections Corruption Taskforce Gets New Members And a Date to Start its’ Investigation
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. – Former Attorney General Mike Moore has been appointed to serve on a new task force created to review Mississippi Department of Corrections’...
The Obama Executive Immigration Action: Mississippi’s Delegation Reacts
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–As expected, Pres. Obama’s executive action on immigration has gotten a thumbs down reaction from the state’s D.C. delegation. Senators Cochran and Wicker, and...
A Call for New Election Commissioners in Hinds County
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. – The Jackson branch of the NAACP is calling for the resignation of Hinds County’s Election Commission chairwoman....