FILE - Mississippi state Sens. Rod Hickman, D-Macon, left, Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, second from left, Albert Butler, D-Port Gibson, and David Jordan, D-Greenwood, review an alternate Senate ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Redrawing some Mississippi legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots, state officials say in new ...

The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) placed the Okolona Separate School District into a District of Transformation due to serious financial impairments. According to the SBE, the issues ...

Statewide chronic absenteeism in Mississippi public schools increased from 13% in 2018-19 to nearly 28% in 2024-25, impacting ...

Jackson's District 26 Senate seat, left vacant when John Horhn became the city’s mayor, is set for a Dec. 2 runoff after ...

A special legislative election will be held in parts of Mississippi on Nov. 4, 2025. The election was ordered by a federal ...

The Okolona Separate School District is now under state control. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment ...

A record 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed their initial reading assessment in spring 2025. Mississippi's ...

Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued their ...