The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Welcome to the Thursday, September 28, 2023 Brew. 

Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are trying to join a federal lawsuit against the city for violating standards for clean drinking water

Records show that Mississippi announced financial incentives for a shipbuilder in 2020 days after the president of the shipbuilder’s parent company donated $10,000 to the governor's campaign fund

There are 205 contested state legislative primaries in 2023, representing 23% of all possible primaries. Comparing 2023 to other times Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia all held elections since 2011, the percentage of primaries that are contested this year is lower than in 2019 (25%) but higher than in…

There are 138 open state legislative seats in 2023, meaning newcomers will win at least 24% of all seats. This is the most since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2011.

Welcome to the Tuesday, September 24, Brew. 

In our Bears Film Room, Jarrett Bailey breaks down Justin Fields' performance vs. Buccaneers in Week 2.

Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died

In 2021, Mississippi had the highest rate of firearms deaths, while Massachusetts had the lowest. Across the country, the age-adjusted firearm death rate per 100,000 people is 12.0 for white people and 33.9 for Black people.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is set to release a proposal aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals