Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson and other JSU faculty recently held a ceremony to unveil the Brigadier General Robert Crear CSET atrium on the JSU campus.

The family of Emmett Till is once again calling for justice, nearly 70 years past young Till’s vicious murder, tied to a cotton-gin fan in the Tallahatchie River.

The Mississippi House has voted to make the state's Medicaid program end a contract with health care giant Centene, although that plan could change later as lawmakers continue to debate issues.

Religious exemptions are increasingly becoming a workaround for unvaccinated hospital and nursing home workers who want to keep their jobs in the face of federal mandates that are going into ...

Days after Mississippi became the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana, the state Health Department said Friday it is working to develop its part of the program.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he has not decided whether he will sign a bill to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle ...

Mississippi lawmakers are sending their governor a bill that would create a medical marijuana program for people with serious medical conditions.

Library system leadership told the Mississippi Free Press that Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee has demanded a purge of all LGBTQ+ materials in the system before releasing the funds. Photo courtesy City ...

# JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves will discuss his policy priorities during his State of the State address. # The speech is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday on the south steps of the ...

Mississippi employers would be required to pay women and men the same amount of money for the same work, under a bill that passed the state House on Thursday.

The nursing shortage, the most visible damage from a health-care system battered head to toe, is not a feature of any individual surge, and hospital leadership does not expect that number to ...

Mississippi senators voted Thursday to advance a bill that would create a medical marijuana program, sending it to the House for more work.