A bill to close Parchman Farm failed in the Senate for the second time. Plus, updates on Medicaid and ballot initiative efforts in the Legislature ...

A proposed penalty to Mississippi’s rape law may punish certain criminals in ways that raise constitutional issues. Under Mississippi law, adults convicted of ...

The Republican-led war on women's reproductive rights shows no signs of waning. In fact, it's heating up again.

The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on abortion and  other issues.

Autherine Lucy Foster made history on Feb. 3, 1956, becoming the first Black student to attend classes at the University of ...

Previous House proposals also would bar voters from considering abortion issues. However, the Senate has blocked voters regaining any right to ballot initiatives.

Lowe courts have allowed the ban to remain in place. The Supreme Court declined to look at the most recent appeal of the ban, which claims the law is cruel and unusual punishment.

Central Mississippi Continuum of Care canvassed areas in Hinds County on Monday for its annual Point in Time Count.

The bill is a provocative response to recent restrictions on women’s reproductive rights, particularly following the U.S.

The Supreme Court's decision overturned a lower court's decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that ...