Ashton Pittman

Educators may soon enjoy an income bump of $4,850 on average after lawmakers in the House and Senate struck a teacher pay raise deal.

Democratic candidate for Mississippi Attorney General Greta Kemp Martin said the Dobbs ruling “started a war on women’s health care freedom.”

Kimberly Welch is asking for donations to raise $50,000 to pay for the funerals of her mother, Ida Welch, her sisters Crystal Welch and Vicky Welch.

Mississippi Free Press Board of Directors Vice President Crystal Lynn Welch was the victim of a triple homicide over Mother’s Day weekend.

Ex-Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is alleging defamation over a May 2023 Sports Illustrated report about the Mississippi welfare scandal.

Efforts to curtail the rights of transgender Mississippians died, including bathroom restrictions and a bill to define sex as binary under state law.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a tradition that began in 1993.

Several bills that could have grown democracy in Mississippi died as the state House and Senate killed each other’s proposals.

Republican voters will choose a candidate to challenge Democratic U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson in primary runoffs today.

Severe weather could affect the entire state today and “tornadoes are likely with some strong tornadoes possible,” MEMA warns.

All registered Mississippi voters could be able to cast a ballot up to 15 days before an election under an early-voting bill the House passed.

Mississippi election officials moved at least 10 voting precincts ahead of the Tuesday, March 12, 2024, primaries.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter could be the next defendant in former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today.

The Mississippi House delivered a veto-proof majority to pass a Medicaid expansion bill that could extend coverage to over 200,000 people.

A Medicaid expansion bill will arrive in the Mississippi Senate by Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says.

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith joined 28 fellow Republicans who voted against aid for Ukraine and Israel on Tuesday morning.

Donald Trump would encourage Russia to attack U.S. allies whom he claims do not contribute enough to NATO defense costs, he told a crowd.

Mississippi elections end, national elections begin. We’re used to the endless campaign seasons here in Mississippi, and 2024 will be no different.

The State of Mississippi issued boil water alerts after detecting E. coli. in the water supply in the cities of Jackson and Flowood.

Attorneys for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will depose former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant about the state’s welfare scandal.