Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi legislators will start meeting again May 18, two months after they suspended their session because of the coronavirus pandemic, House and Senate leaders said Monday. The announcement came the same day that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves eased some restrictions on people’s movements, allowing many businesses to reopen but limiting how many […]
Jackson, Miss. — Dozens of Mississippi motorists drove around downtown Jackson on Saturday, honking horns and encircling the Governor’s Mansion in an effort to get Gov. Tate Reeves to fully reopen the state. The drive-thru rally, which lasted about an hour, was established by a group called Reopen Mississippi. A spokeswoman for the group told […]
Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that public school buildings will remain closed the rest of the semester to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, but he wants schools to continue distance-learning efforts. Reeves also said some school districts should look at an option of offering summer classes. He praised teachers, administrators […]
Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi officials have reported 11 additional deaths from the coronavirus, raising the state’s death toll from the disease to at least 93, as the governor banned all elective surgeries including abortion. The state Department of Health released the new figures on Saturday. They show the total number of virus cases at a […]
Jackson — Many Mississippi churches held online services Sunday to celebrate Easter and to help people maintain distance from one another to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus as the state’s death toll from COVID-19 approaches 100. The Rev. S.V. Adolph Jr., pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church Handsboro said on Facebook live that […]
Jackson, Miss. — Numbers released Wednesday show the stark disparity in how the new coronavirus is affecting black and white Mississippians, reflecting longstanding health problems in a state where African Americans are more likely to be poor and uninsured. The state Health Department said 72% of Mississippi residents who have died of COVID-19 were black […]
Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that hospitals in the state have about 3,000 beds, and projections show that almost 400 more beds will be needed when the state reaches its peak of the coronavirus outbreak in the next few weeks. He said officials are working on a system to send the […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the House of Representatives into a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe centers on whether Trump abused his presidential powers […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State and federal investigators are trying to find out who hung seven nooses in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol early Monday, a day before a U.S. Senate runoff that has focused attention on the state’s history of racist violence. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety says the nooses were accompanied by […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a black Democratic challenger in a Nov. 27 runoff, said Sunday that her Nov. 2 remark […]
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