Mississippi

Two of the states hit hardest last week, Mississippi and Louisiana and, have some of the nation’s worst vaccination rates and climbing Covid hospitalizations.

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died

No state offers lower costs than the Magnolia State, but innovation and business friendliness are in short supply.

As inflation increases prices on everything from groceries to energy, these are the ten U.S. states where a dollar goes the furthest.

These ten states may be perfectly fine places to live, but they come up short if that life includes working from home.

Case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are now open to the public for the first time

A man has been arrested for arson in a December fire that killed the sister-in-law of a former Mississippi lawmaker

Authorities in Alabama say a suspected tornado spurred by Tropical Storm Claudette demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town just north of the Florida border

Protesters yell and wave signs outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic on the three or four days it is open each week

In Louisiana, wetlands are shrinking and land is getting lost to the sea due to the effects of climate change – hurricanes, rising seas and human decisions like paths run for oil and gas shipments. Alisha Renfro from the National Wildlife Foundation wants the Army Corps of Engineers to reconnect the Mississippi River to the wetlands.

Multiple tornadoes have caused damage across Mississippi, but no injuries have been reported.

One of the victims died when a falling tree brought power lines onto his vehicle.

The Supreme Court has made it easier to sentence minors convicted of murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole

With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners are lifting their homes out of danger.

The Southeast is bracing for more severe weather as tornados rip through the Deep South. At least five people were killed in Alabama Thursday. Overnight, another large tornado hit the town of Newnan, Georgia. Thirty-three million people remain at risk for more severe weather as the storm system pushes through.

 A wave of storms is pounding the Deep South, leaving a trail of splintered trees and damaged buildings

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves tweeted Monday that all appointments will be open to those age 16 and older.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams

Politico National Political Correspondent Gabby Orr explains how the GOP is pushing transgender legislation as part of its election strategy.

Crews continued working Friday to restore water to thousands of customers in Mississippi’s capital city