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Voters encouraged to check precincts changes
Mississippi Free Press updates compendium it has provided since 2020
AG warns Colom to pull A.I. ads or face injunction, and he agrees to do so
In a dispute that is likely a harbinger of more such controversies to come, Attorney General Lynn Fitch notified Scott Colom and his U.S.
 • Derrion Arrington
Federal appeals court takes state DEI case away from Judge Henry Wingate over A.I. fabrications in his orders
The Fifth Circuit Court threw out an order blocking Mississippi’s anti-DEI law on Oct.
 • Derrion Arrington
Pontiff’s lung cancer prognosis offers lesson for Mississippi, where diagnosis and poor outcomes are among nation’s highest
Pope Leo XIV’s release from the hospital after recently undergoing lung cancer surgery carries a significance that extends well beyond the ancient walls…
 • Christopher Harress
State to run first federal election under mail ballot ruling it won in June
Secretary of state in unusual position of opposing Republican National Committee
 • Derrion Arrington
Trump to rally for Hyde-Smith in Mississippi after all
Corinth will be president’s fifth rally in state, fourth for its junior senator; he previously quoted her saying she didn’t need one
 • Derrion Arrington
In close Senate race, outside groups have spent more against Hyde-Smith than those supporting her
Seven committees have reported independent spending in Mississippi’s U.S.
 • Derrion Arrington
‘Don’t Look Around’ podcast: Why Mississippi’s fate is tied to Jackson’s
Episode 2 is now available on podcast platforms everywhere
Analysis: Mississippi voters get no say on Supreme Court this year
State meanwhile argues that private citizens cannot sue to enforce Voting Rights Act
 • Derrion Arrington
Coroner defends state’s 209-year-old system despite controversy over Nolan Wells’s death investigation
During the past 20 years, there has been much debate about Mississippi’s elected coroner system among forensic pathologists, government researchers…
 • Christopher Harress
As Colom racks up endorsements from national politicians, Hyde-Smith claims only one — Trump’s
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Scott Colom for the U.S.
 • Derrion Arrington
Speaker White’s poll shows voters oppose data centers and back restoring ballot initiative
Nearly half the Mississippi voters surveyed in a poll state House Speaker Jason White released Tuesday said they oppose the state continuing to recruit…
 • Derrion Arrington
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