Gloster residents protest Drax’s new permit request
[ad_1] GLOSTER — Drax, the United Kingdom-based wood pellet producer that’s violated air pollution limits in Mississippi multiple times, is asking the state to raise the amount of emissions it’s…
Mississippi receives ‘F’ rating on preterm birth rate
[ad_1] Mississippi received an F grade for its rate of preterm births in 2023 – those occurring before 37 weeks gestation – from the 2024 March of Dimes report card. …
On this day in 2017, Jesmyn Ward won the National Book Award
[ad_1] Nov. 15, 2017 Credit: Simon & Schuster Author Jesmyn Ward became the first Black American to win the National Book Award twice. Growing up in DeLisle, Mississippi, “I read…
Marshall Ramsey: Santa Tate – Mississippi Today
[ad_1] Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a…
Gov. Tate Reeves urges lawmakers to use unspent state revenue for tax cuts
[ad_1] Mississippi’s legislative leaders believe two things will happen when lawmakers convene for their next session in January: They will attempt to cut state taxes in some form, and they…
Willie Manning faces execution, despite a crumbling case
[ad_1] When death row speaksIt comes truly from the heartIt’s a lonely situationThe frustration’s just a start.— Willie Manning Unless a court intervenes, the state of Mississippi will execute Willie…
On this day in 1960, U.S. marshals escorted Ruby Bridges into school
[ad_1] Nov. 14, 1960 Credit: Courtesy of Scholastic Federal marshals escorted 6-year-old Ruby Bridges into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Day after day, whites jeered at the Mississippi…
Can renewable energy projects find homes on Mississippi farms?
[ad_1] Abbott Myers has been farming on his land in the north Mississippi Delta since 1969. Between the rising costs of everything from land to equipment to chemicals, as well…
Marshall Ramsey: Wicker – Mississippi Today
[ad_1] Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a…
Surely, Shorty Mac would have an opinion on the LSU tiger controversy
[ad_1] There’s been quite the controversy next door in Louisiana where, at Gov. Jeff Landry’s insistence, a live tiger was on display in Tiger Stadium last Saturday night at an…
