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The Justice Department took the rare step on Tuesday of weighing in on the side of a Mississippi Christian church where local officials had tried to stop Holy Week services broadcast to congregants sitting in their cars in the parking lot.

Mississippi’s new governor said Thursday that the state will conduct a nationwide search for a new commissioner to lead a state prison system that’s reckoning with what he called a “catastrophe” — a recent outburst of deadly violence and longstanding problems with vacant jobs and damaged facilities.

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — The race for Mississippi’s governor is one of the most competitive in years, and it’s got the entire nation’s attention. CLICK HERE FOR ELECTION RESULTS If Democrat candidate Attorney General Jim Hood wins, he’ll be the first Democratic governor in 15 years in an undeniably red state. Republican candidate Lt. Gov. […]

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Attorney General Jim Hood met Thursday at the University of Southern Mississippi in a debate sponsored by Jackson television station WJTV.

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has won the Republican nomination for governor and will face Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood and two other candidates in November.

Mississippi legislative leaders are recommending that the state spend slightly less money on state government services during the coming fiscal year.

The major-party nominees for Mississippi governor on Wednesday accused each other of doing political favors for campaign donors.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves announced the current executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will retire. Greg Michel has served as the executive director of the agency since June 2018. According to Gov. Reeves, MEMA Deputy Director Stephen McCraney will succeed Michel as the executive director. He started […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has spent more than twice as much as Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in the open race for Mississippi governor. Candidates’ deadline to file periodic campaign finance reports was Tuesday, a week before the state’s Nov. 5 election. The reports show money raised and spent through […]

The governor and attorney general of Texas are moving to ban most abortions in the state during the coronavirus outbreak, declaring they don’t qualify as essential surgeries.

Mississippi’s outgoing governor vowed Saturday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks. “We will sustain our efforts to fight for America’s unborn children,” Republican Phil Bryant wrote on Twitter. “Mississippi will continue this mission to the United States Supreme Court.” The call came a day after a […]