A nine-member commission will be appointed to develop a new state flag design that must be approved by voters on the November 2020 ballot.

The move on Saturday marks the first successful legislative action to change the flag since it was adopted by lawmakers in 1894.

Texts: Gov. Phil Bryant, NFL legend Brett Favre worked together to channel welfare funds to build a volleyball stadium at their alma mater.

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As Republican lawmakers push to ban critical race theory, here’s how the class changed the mind of one conservative Mississippian.

Brandon Presley is among the most notable Democrats to run for governor this century. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is running for releection.

Gov. Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors netted $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants from agencies the governor oversees.

Claim: Gov. Tate Reeves, long an ardent public opposer of Medicaid expansion, once acknowledged benefits of expansion behind closed doors.

Mississippi Today’s “Unfettered Power: Mississippi Sheriffs” investigation has been named a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.

Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Mike Espy raised nearly $3.9 million in early October. Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith raised just $85,000.

Claire Pride is encouraging Mississippians to get vaccinated after being in the Intensive Care Unit for five days with COVID pneumonia.

Millions earmarked for the needy in the nation’s poorest state instead went to projects that benefited the well-to-do, the state alleges, including a volleyball stadium at Mr. Favre’s alma mater.

Democratic donors and outside groups are perking up to the possibility of a Mike Espy win and a Senate flip in one of the reddest states.

The White House announced late Tuesday night that President Joe Biden had approved an emergency declaration for the Jackson water crisis.

Lawmakers have pitched creating a commission to recommend a new design by Sept. 14, and voters would approve or reject that design on Nov. 3.

Voters approved the "In God We Trust" design selected by an appointed commission after the Confederate emblem was removed earlier this year.

Pearl River flooding is exacerbating Jackson's drinking water crisis, prompting some leaders to call for the state to take action over the city's troubled system.

Democratic Senate candidate Mike Espy has raised nearly $200,000 since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing.

Author John Grisham says Brandon Presley’s 2023 bid for governor is different than the many Democratic Party losses of recent years.

A former Republican U.S. Senate leader from Mississippi offers a strategy for ending the partial government shutdown

Kent Nicaud is among several Reeves campaign donors who landed coveted taxpayer-funded appointments during his first term as governor.

The Mississippi Baptist Convention is the latest powerful entity to call for state leaders to change the state flag.

Anna Wolfe won the Pulitzer Prize for her series The Backchannel, which uncovered Mississippi’s sprawling $77 million welfare scandal.

The Mississippi state flag, the last in nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, has been a focal point of Black Lives Matter protests.

The IHL college board is expected to vote this week to relocate the Confederate monument at the University of Mississippi.

Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill says he will sit out the 2020 football season unless the state flag is changed.

Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who championed education initiatives and racial harmony throughout his life, died at age 97.

A nine-member commission will be appointed to develop a new state flag design that must be approved by voters on the November 2020 ballot.

Mississippi Today obtained a copy of the consulting contract that paid Glenn Boyce, the recently named University of Mississippi chancellor, almost $90,000 earlier this year to create a profile of...

The move on Saturday marks the first successful legislative action to change the flag since it was adopted by lawmakers in 1894.

Mississippi is the second state to make immunization against COVID-19 available to the maximum number of residents.

Chants of “I can’t breathe!” and “Black lives matter!” and “No justice, no peace!” echoed down Capitol Street outside the Governor’s Mansion as organizers rallied the crowd.

Mississippi Today has won the September Sidney Award for coverage of the water crisis facing the state's capital.