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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has more murders than ever before — and Missouri’s Republican lawmakers are again pressuring for a state takeover of the police force. The debate over policing power in […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, and the new law is expected to face a court challenge from the NAACP. The legislation was passed by a majority-white and Republican-controlled state House and Senate. Jackson is […]

The legislatures are seeking to limit cities’ power to set their own policies on everything from charged national issues like gun regulations to less-discussed ones like labor standards on hot days, and who decides who sits on local courts.

SHARKEY COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden traveled to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday, March 31. They visited with first responders, state and local officials, and communities impacted by the devastation from the tornadoes on March 24. During the visit, Biden vowed that the federal government is “not leaving” until […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A total of 20 homes are damaged in DeSoto County after the severe storm on Friday night, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Sunday. According to Reeves, there are 1,089 homes still without power in the state of Mississippi. This includes 319 in Tunica County, 160 in Wilkinson County, and 207 in Coahoma […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — President Joe Biden saw for himself the flattened homes, broken furniture and upended lives left behind by last week’s deadly tornado in Mississippi and pledged Friday that the federal government is not leaving until the area is back on its feet. In the close-knit community of Rolling Fork, Biden read […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Legislature is taking final steps to expand the the territory of a state-run police department inside the capital city of Jackson, which is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. Critics say the proposal would stomp on local self-governance and create unequal systems of justice in different parts […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – President Joe Biden said he will travel to Mississippi to survey tornado damage following the devastating storms on Friday, March 24. The president made the announcement while visiting North Carolina on Tuesday. He did not reveal a timeline of his trip to Mississippi. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) continues to assess […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South. At least 25 people were killed and […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows. Friday’s storm flattened entire town blocks, but the […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was […]