Mississippi House set to vote this week on income tax elimination-gas tax increase plan
A Mississippi House committee has passed a major tax cut plan that would eventually abolish the state income tax, reduce ...
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Coal was on its way out. But surging electricity demand is keeping it alive — costing customers and the planet
U.S. coal plant use is dropping, but utilities are delaying their retirement and running them — even when they cost more than ...
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Tour highlights race-based poverty and inequity across Mississippi Delta region
The SPLC’s Mississippi state office embarked on a multicity bus tour to hear directly from community members their struggles with advocacy and civic groups and state leaders.
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How common are wildfires in Mississippi?
Amid the fiery devastation seen in California, some wonder whether they and their communities should be worried about ...
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Winter storm blasts Southeast with snow, dangerous ice as widespread impacts reach 25 states
A significant winter storm left a swath of snow and freezing rain marched across the South and East to end the week, snarling ...
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15 seconds of terror: The untold story of Bourbon Street attack from those who lived through it
By the time Shamsud-Din Jabbar swerved onto Bourbon Street at 3:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day, his plan seemed to have been ...
Son of the South: How Jimmy Carter Transformed America
Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...
A Road Trip Along Mississippi's Blues Trail
Writer and musician Emma John takes a trip along the Mississippi Blues Trail to learn more about the genre's origins and ...
Trump says he wants rename the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America'
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” saying it has a ...
Did one of the richest men in Mississippi just signal that he’s going to run for governor?
Billionaire Thomas Duff, as he considers a run for Mississippi governor in 2027, has formed a political action committee to ...
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Polar vortex keeps much of the US in its icy grip
A major winter blast is stirring up dangerous conditions across the U.S. central and southern states all the way to the East ...
Major winter storm brings heavy snow and travel disruption to swathe of US
Major cities in the Midwest and eastern US are in the path of the snow, with heavy accumulation expected in Washington DC and Indianapolis, Indiana. Kansas City, Missouri - which is under a blizzard ...