Every 10 years, following the new census, legislative redistricting must occur in Mississippi per the state constitution. This process took place in 2022, and because of Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s ...

The Mississippi Antique Galleria stretches out like a labyrinth of nostalgia, with countless vendor booths arranged in a way that invites you to get pleasantly lost. Each aisle offers a new adventure, ...

The NAACP on Monday filed a motion to schedule briefings to challenge portions of the Legislature's Senate and House ...

A special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 23 has been called for March 25, 2025. A general runoff, ...

Analysis: Some of Trump's threatened or enacted policies, tariffs and slashing of federal spending appear tailor-made to ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural ...

In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...

The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.S., ...

Moore and Madison were nominated for one of the most coveted awards of the night alongside Fernanda Torres, Karla Sofía ...

Maybe size does matter. The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York.

A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a judge in a case that sparked widespread outrage from First Amendment ...

Television host Stephen Colbert had made it a bit of political satire nearly 15 years earlier. A Democratic lawmaker in Mississippi had filed legislation ... The president loved it, so they printed ...