Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson appointed Hayes Patrick as deputy commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) on September 1. Patrick served as executive director of the Mississippi Agriculture and...
by Taylor Vance September 27, 2023 For the first time in Mississippi’s history, a runoff election could determine the outcome of the governor’s race. For more than a century, the state’s 1890 constitution required candidates for statewide office to accomplish...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 The U.S. Department of Education has placed Mississippi’s public university system under a form of oversight that restricts the flow of federal financial aid dollars and hinders the creation of new academic...
The Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi held its second meeting at the State Capitol on September 27. The Mississippi Legislature created this Study Committee through House Bill 280, 2023 Legislative Session, for the purpose of studying the...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Arts Awards. The 2024 recipients and awards are as follows: Earl Poole Ball Lifetime Achievement Cedric Burnside Excellence in Music Brent Funderburk Excellence in...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 No state in the contiguous United States has had more rainfall than Mississippi over the last five years. But even the wettest parts of the country are seeing their crops dry up due to unrelenting drought this...
