Mississippi's Republican governor pushes income-tax cut, says critics rely on 'myths'
FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that legislators should ignore "myths" from opponents who want to...
Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press
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Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another...
Trial starts in case that seeks more Black justices on Mississippi's highest court
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi has the largest percentage of Black residents in the U.S., but only one Black justice...
Periodic flooding hurts Mississippi. But could mitigation there hurt downstream in Louisiana?
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi's capital city in 2020 --...
Judge rejects GOP challenge of Mississippi timeline for counting absentee ballots
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee that sought to block Mississippi from...
Mississippi can wait to reset legislative districts that dilute Black voting strength, judges say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi can wait until next year to redraw some of its legislative districts to replace ones...
Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more...
Mississippi election officials argue against quick work on drawing new majority-Black districts
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Redrawing some Mississippi legislative districts in time for this November's election is impossible because of tight...
Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current...
Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee...