The Mississippi Museum of Art today announced 15 artists participating in the 2023 Mississippi Invitational exhibition, a survey of recent works created by contemporary visual artists living and working in the state. The exhibition will feature works across a variety...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 18, 2023 Staff members of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and other Southern states are unionizing. Workers of the nonprofit in Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky joined under the name ACLU Southern Affiliates...
United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced winners of the 2023 Second Congressional “Artistic Discovery” Art Competition. This year’s 1st Place winner is Arthur Davis from Vicksburg High School. I would like to extend my...
Mississippi Main Street Association’s Executive Director Thomas Gregory was recently named among the Mississippi Business Journal’s (MBJ’s) 2023 Top 40 Under 40 award honorees. MBJ’s Top 40 Under 40 program is designed to identify and honor Mississippi civic and...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Legislation awaiting Gov. Tate Reeves’ signature would set mandatory minimum sentences for carjacking and fleeing law enforcement – a move that criminal justice advocates say will increase the prison population...
by Caleb Bedillion and Taylor Vance, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Poor defendants in Mississippi are routinely jailed for months, and sometimes even years, without being appointed an attorney due to the state’s notoriously...
