Columns
Tobacco lawsuit settled 25 years ago — what happened to the money?
If Mississippi’s political leaders had stuck to their plan, the state would now have a trust fund of ... Read more
Latest lawsuit – Page 2
State
State not done spending settlement for HBCUs
Mississippi still has money left to spend from the 2002 settlement that was supposed to desegregate the state’s ... Read more
News
State files lawsuit to recoup $24 million in welfare funds
The Mississippi Department of Human Services is suing 38 people or companies for squandering welfare money that was ... Read more
Local News
Hospital staffing, bed space leave mentally ill defendants languishing in jail
Brad Sellers celebrated his 40th birthday in the local jail in Quitman, Mississippi. He’ll probably be there for ... Read more
State
Latest vetoes could again expand governor’s power
If Gov. Tate Reeves’ recent vetoes of 10 projects throughout the state totaling about $27 million stand, the ... Read more
Columns
Verdict in Sandy Hook lawsuit unlikely to impact red states
STARKVILLE — Does the stunning $73 million verdict against gun manufacturer Remington in the 2012 school shooting at ... Read more
News
‘Quit is not in my vocabulary’: After his wife got cancer, this Laurel man took oil companies to court
LAUREL — Driving down his curving, wooded street on the edges of Laurel, Marlan Baucum points to each ... Read more
Columns
Congressional redistricting maps are drawing predictably partisan reviews, criticisms
STARKVILLE — With super majorities in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature, the reveal of the state’s new ... Read more
State
Reeves celebrates suspension of COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has suspended the enactment of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate ... Read more
Nation And World
Abortion law battles continue in states amid contentious new Texas law
ATLANTA — In the wake of controversial new abortion laws in Texas, states like Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi ... Read more