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Big Tech giants are threatening local news. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act can save it.

By Dean Ridings, CEO, America’s Newspapers Thomas Jefferson famously declared, “Were it left to me to decide whether…

News

Coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket in Mississippi as omicron variant spreads swiftly

Mississippi set another single-day record for new COVID-19 coronavirus cases on Friday, the third-straight day of a new…

Opinion

Analysis: Tate Reeves says his COVID-19 response not politically driven

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves stared into cameras during a news conference and said he is not advancing…

Opinion

Opinion: Mississippi hospitals drowning in COVID-19; Where is Gov. Tate Reeves? Playing politics out of state

Every intensive care unit bed in Mississippi is full, and hospital leaders are begging — praying — for…

Opinion

Under the Capitol Dome: Mississippi reveals it has lethal injection drugs available

Mississippi has not executed a death row inmate since June 2012, and no executions are currently scheduled. But…

News

Analysis: Thoughts on how Ginsburg’s death could shape race for Mississippi senate seat

Mike Espy, like most Democratic Senate candidates across the nation, has significantly benefitted from campaign contributions following the…

Sports

Ole Miss details football attendance plans under state virus restrictions

Last week Governor Tate Reeves announced an attendance limit of no more than 25 percent capacity for all…

Opinion

Mississippi prison coronavirus protocols under scrutiny in lawsuit

Attorneys are feuding in federal court filings over coronavirus testing and safety protocols at the Mississippi State Penitentiary…

Opinion

Group seeks flag image that evokes Mississippi

Commissioners working on a new Mississippi flag said they don’t want a big single star on the banner.…

Opinion

Mississippi budget disputes go to just one judge to decide

Mississippi Republican legislative leaders helped defeat a 2015 education initiative by arguing that if someone sued the state…