3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1715+ words) NEW ALBANY, Miss.Tyler Grooms knew he was in trouble when he peered outside his home in New Albany, Mississippi, and saw lights at nearby houses start to flicker out. It was late on Saturday, Jan. 24, and the winter storm…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago  (926+ words) Conservative and liberal justices on Wednesday questioned whether Trump's order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens comports with either the Constitution or federal law. Trump, the first…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago  (690+ words) Mississippi families needed relief this legislative session. They did not get it. Despite months of advocacy, education, and community engagement, the Mississippi Diaper Tax Elimination Act failed to advance beyond conference. A measure that would have provided meaningful, immediate relief…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (482+ words) The order calls on the Department of Homeland Security, working in conjunction with the Social Security Administration, to make the list of eligible voters in each state. It also seeks to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (927+ words) A U.S. government panel on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists" lawsuits against the industry threatened to hobble the nation"s energy supply. Critics…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (241+ words) About 100 Mississippi medical-cannabis patients, industry workers, caregivers and advocates protested outside of the Mississippi Capitol Building in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 30 against Gov. Tate Reeves vetoing two medical-cannabis bills, House Bill 895 and House Bill 895. At the Mississippi Free Press, we…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1027+ words) JACKSON, Miss.Mike Watkins, a Mississippi medical-cannabis patient and consultant, hugged and high-fived people as he organized protesters waving pro-medical cannabis signs near the side of the Mississippi Capitol Building on Monday morning. Watkins immediately took action and posted a…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (11+ words) Opinion | When Women Build in Mississippi, Communities Benefit'Mississippi Free Press...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (192+ words) At the Mississippi Free Press, we believe journalism should serve people, not power. We report the facts without partisan bias. We listen deeply. We take our time to get it right. We fact-check because accuracy matters to families, communities, and…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (633+ words) Mississippi K-12 teachers, teachers" assistants and special-education teachers are set to receive a smaller pay raise than initially expected due to Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump"s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. "Did the House work to try to…...