Mississippi News
At least 1 dead after severe storms roll through Louisiana, other southern states
At least one person is dead in Louisiana after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. The death happened near the town of Henderson, St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux and Henderson Mayor Sherbin Collette both confir...
May 14, 2024
Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people's use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings, making Mississippi at least the 12th state to restrict transgender students from using facilities that align with their gender identity. Ree...
May 14, 2024
Mississippi governor signs law to set a new funding formula for public schools
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed legislation that will change the way the state pays for public schools, ditching a formula that brought political pressure on lawmakers because they usually budgeted less money than required. Republican Reeves signed the new plan, called the Mississippi Stud...
May 10, 2024
Mississippi city council member pleads guilty to federal drug charges
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi city council member pleaded guilty to federal charges after running a multimillion-dollar illegal drug business, prosecutors said Thursday. Biloxi City Council member Robert Leon Deming, III, 47, reached a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of M...
May 06, 2024
Medgar Evers receives posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Medgar Wiley Evers will be posthumously receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Evers, a World War II veteran and civil rights leader was assassinated on June 12, 1963, in the driveway of his home in Jackson. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest U.S. civilian honor awarded to individuals who have made ...
May 03, 2024
Judge grants autopsy rules requested by widow of Mississippi man found dead after vanishing
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - 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. Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas formalized through a court order comments he made at a ...
May 03, 2024
Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that is unlikely to receive federal approval, the state House Democratic leader said Tuesday. Approving the plan could create fal...
May 02, 2024
Mobile sports betting will remain illegal in Mississippi after legislation dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mobile sports betting will remain illegal in Mississippi after legislative negotiators failed to advance a final proposal Monday. The House and Senate passed versions of the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act earlier in the state's legislative session. The bill would have allowed Mississippi t...
May 01, 2024
Bill dies for redistricting southwest Mississippi courts
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Legislative efforts have died to redraw Mississippi's judicial districts that would have altered the circuit and chancery courts for Adams County and its neighboring counties. The judicial redistricting bill died Monday when House-Senate negotiators couldn't agree on a final version to pass into law. E...
May 01, 2024
Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. The officials argue the new...
Apr 30, 2024