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Jackson, Mississippi, is facing a crisis that’s left its residents without safe drinking water for months. After a ...
This isn't a fluke. The state of Mississippi had never won a College World Series before 2021. Now it's won two in a row. And Ole Miss and Mississippi State are poised to keep making that happen.
The most recent state to move its capital was Oklahoma, when it became Oklahoma City in 1910. As unlikely as it may be, what would moving the capital look like? The Mississippi Constitution states ...
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s struggling capital has been a favored target of Republican leaders since the G.O.P. took total control of the state a decade ago.
The Mississippi State Capitol dome looms over the portable toilets set up in the driveway of the state building, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. The recent flood worsened Jackson’s ...
Mississippi will compete in the Great American State Fair, a competition by President Trump to find the most patriotic state fair. The Mississippi State Fair will feature patriotic decorations, a ...
A federal appeals court will allow Mississippi to c reate a state-run court system in the majority Black and Democratic capital of Jackson. The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ...
The state capitol building, often called the "new capitol," was the third Mississippi state capitol building to be built in Jackson. The building it succeeded is now the Old State Museum.
Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.