Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, calls proposed law ‘some of the most oppressive legislation in our city’s history’

A boil-water notice was lifted Thursday in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks

The mayor of Mississippi's biggest city urged residents to "get out now" on Saturday as record-setting rain threatens to flood streets and creep into homes within the next two days.

Mississippi voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in November 2020 but the state Supreme Court invalidated it six months later, ruling the measure was not put properly on the ballot.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because he had previous convictions and those made him a habitual offender.

Law enforcement in Jackson, Mississippi has launched a pilot program that allows officers to tap into private surveillance devices during criminal investigations. On Monday, the AP reported that the trial, now signed off by the city, will last for 45 days. The pilot program uses technology provided by Pileum and Fusus, an IT consultancy firm and a provider of a cloud-based video, sensor, and data feed platform for the law enforcement market.

Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist. The flag's supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the tradition-bound state.

A beef between Mississippi lawmakers and producers of meat substitutes may be ending with a satisfactory compromise.

Proponents of the law say it’s necessary to avoid confusing consumers. That...doesn’t sound right.

The Mississippi River has been at major flood stage for 41 days and counting, and this week a temporary wall failed, sending water rushing into several blocks of downtown Davenport, Iowa. In that same area — the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois — the river crested at a new record height. The National Weather Service says a new record appears to have been set at Rock Island, Ill.

Laurin Stennis designed a banner that could change how the world sees a state with a brutal racial history — and perhaps how it sees her famous family.

#worship #worshipgod  #worshipseries Worship! Welcome all who may read this post! This will be a brief overview of a weekly series on worship - what it is, what is isn't, who is it for, and why should it matter. My name is Pastor John Day, and I currently live in central Mississippi. My wife and I have lived here

The Trump administration is facing a key test with Mississippi’s Medicaid program as the state seeks permission to be the first ever to impose work requirements without expanding Medicaid under ObamaCare. By Nathaniel Weixel.

Eric Solomon considers Mississippi’s HB 1523 & Zawadski v. Brewer Funeral Services in light of SCOTUS’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision.

Stephanie Park, 70, waited with the body of her neighbor for two hours before the Washington County coroner could make it to his house here in the Mississippi Delta. Rigor mortis had set in. About 15 miles to the southwest, Lori Gower, 57, had to drive her Dodge Charger through a nearby farm field swamped by heavy rain to get to her house after work. The car’s engine flooded and her husband, Mack, 64, had to tow her out. Mack, for his part, couldn’t get his diabetes medication delivered.

Vizaline says its service is not surveying, but Mississippi authorities disagree. By Cyrus Farivar.

Efforts to control the river’s flow with levees and other structures have increased the risk of dangerous floods. By Emma Marris.

In the lead-up to this year's legislative session in Mississippi, supporters of a tougher gang law in the state talked a lot about the need to arrest white people. But in an ironic twist, the Jackson Free Press has learned that everyone arrested under the existing gang law from 2010 through 2017 were African American. By Donna Ladd.

Organizers of a group that was planning a Mississippi college town's first-ever gay pride parade said Wednesday that they're exploring legal action after city officials denied them a permit. Starkville aldermen voted 4-3 Tuesday to deny the permit requested by Starkville Pride, an LGBT support group, drawing criticism from the city's mayor and leaving some members of the group in tears.

A bill in the Mississippi House proposes a two-flag solution to the state's debate over the use of a Confederate symbol in its current flag.