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Rep. Earle Banks, who has represented Jackson in the House since 1993, faces a federal criminal charge for evading payment of federal taxes.

The head of the hospital association suspects the donation to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley was a catalyst.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the House Bill 1020 testified Wednesday that the law usurps their constitutional rights.

Though Taylor gave an interview to a local paper last week announcing she was leaving, it’s unclear if she stepped down or was fired.

The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office has appealed a lawsuit about public money being allocated to private schools, arguing that because the money came from federal funds, it does not violate the state constitution.

UMMC has let go nearly all of the instructors at its Oxford-based nursing program, prompting outcry from students who worry this will hurt their chances of passing the national nursing exam. 

Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss slammed the film academy for what he considers 'patronizing' diversity and inclusion efforts. 'They make me vomit,' he said.

"No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is," Richard Dreyfuss said on PBS' "The Firing Line"

On this episode of Mississippi Stories, Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Dorlisa Hutton, chief operations officer for SR1.

While northeast Mississippi was once a power base for Dems, the party’s standing in the area has declined dramatically over the last 20 years.