Anna Wolfe

Jacksonians hoping for a conclusion to the corruption allegations against the capital city’s mayor, a councilman, and the county’s district attorney will have to wait until at least summer 2026.

The number of unregulated personal care homes started growing in the 1980s after state mental hospitals were forced to discharge thousands of patients into the community. But 40 years and several policy changes later, state law allows many to continue operating under the radar, sometimes housing residents in dire conditions.

Following Mississippi Today's investigation into a hazy legal theory used to imprison women who used drugs during their pregnancies, a judge dropped charges against one woman and signed orders releasing four others from prison.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba confirmed Tuesday he has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a sweeping corruption probe.

"Our system is not broken. Our system is designed against the poor. If it was designed for them, we would not have poverty."

Policy experts — and NFL legend Brett Favre — urged Congress to “look under the hood” of the nation’s scandalous welfare program.

The state of Mississippi has agreed to settle with eight defendants in the ongoing welfare fraud civil case for a total of about $750,000. 

Jake Vanlandingham, a startup drug company founder and business partner of Brett Favre, pleaded guilty to a welfare scandal-related charge.

Here’s how a tech company got ensnared in the Mississippi welfare scandal and why it still maintains its innocence after settling the suit.

A new court filing alleges Gov. Phil Bryant played a “principal role” in Mississippi welfare misspending and that a cover-up is afoot.