Trump’s reference to 85 percent was for Hyde-Smith’s Republican primary vote. The general election race itself is close.

William Winter, an influential Democrat, had just finished his four-year limited term as governor, having earned accolades ...

Scott Colom may have gotten a boost from arguably the most popular Democrat in the country—former President Barack Obama.

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Nearly half the Mississippi voters surveyed in a poll state House Speaker Jason White released Tuesday said they oppose the state continuing to recruit data centers. Seventy-two percent said they ...

Broadview Creative Company and The Mississippi Independent are proud to announce the launch of “Don’t Look Around,” a narrative history podcast that takes an in-depth look at brain drain in ...

When U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said she would block Scott Colom from becoming a federal judge in April 2023, she cited as one reason that he had received district attorney’s race campaign funding ...

The Biloxi City Council reportedly voted 5-1 on Tuesday night before a packed house to approve rezoning of the site of the ...