Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Statewide General Assignment

Politics:

Labor Secretary Su meets with Latino poultry industry workers facing abuse, threats

Jackson demonstrators call for peace, respect for Palestinian human rights

State Auditor’s DEI report raising concerns over academic freedom

Juneteenth holiday still not official in Mississippi three years after federal recognition

Childcare Impediment Officially Lifted by DHS

Proposal would make Mississippi the passenger rail hub of the south

Environment & Natural Disasters:

Residents, activists plan to appeal Department of Defense’s Turkey Creek development

Foresters request out-of-state aid amid overactive fire season, flash drought

Missing from the Pearl River for 50 years, state and federal biologists working to save Pearl Darter

Drop in donations raising concern at center supplying Rolling Fork residents

“You can’t relocate your heritage.” Anxiety growing in Turkey Creek over proposed military site

Highly contested Yazoo Pumps project back on table

Civil & Voting Rights:

Federal trial challenging Mississippi's supreme court districts enters its second week

Full 5th Circuit mulls whether Mississippi’s lifetime felon voting ban is constitutional

Residents of Lexington say culture of abuse and harassment persists despite DOJ investigation

Only days after guilty verdicts, Judge rescinds all charges against attorney Jill Jefferson

Justice Department investigating city of Lexington, police force over alleged civil rights abuses

Federal court rules Mississippi law banning felons from voting is unconstitutional

Child labor laws under scrutiny following teen’s death at Hattiesburg chicken plant

Residents of Lexington continue to demand police reform one year after former chief's firing

One week after meeting with DOJ, civil rights lawyer arrested by same police force she’s suing

Bus tour brings Gen Z students to Mississippi Delta’s civil rights landmarks

Police & Crime:

Q&A: Angela English, President of the Rankin County NAACP
Q&A: House Bill 1020 Plaintiffs Ann Saunders and Dorothy Triplett

260 days later, Dexter Wade laid to rest before family and community with calls for justice

Body of Dexter Wade exhumed hours before family was present, raising questions, suspicions

Suit alleges Lexington targets Black residents with ‘stop and fine’ policy

Family of Damien Cameron demand transparency nearly two years after death in police custody

Family of Rasheem Carter, locals demand answers in brutal Taylorsville Death

Features:

New gallery centers resilience, and rootedness, of Mississippi’s Latino communities

Questions remain over recovery of one of Mississippi’s most imperiled, and iconic, native species

Amid low water levels, 8th annual Pearl River Clean Sweep addresses legacy trash

Two months after deadly tornado, Rolling Fork residents wonder about the town’s future

NPR Statewide Coverage:

Last 'Goon Squad' police officers sentenced in torture, assault of 2 Black men (Here & Now)

DOJ investigates small-town police department (Louisiana Considered)

2 ex-officers in Mississippi get yearslong sentences for torturing 2 Black men

If Democrat Brandon Presley wins in Mississippi, it would buck 20 years of precedent

A Mississippi mother wants the Justice Department to investigate her son's death

Mississippi wants to overturn ruling that allows formerly incarcerated felons to vote

Public Health & Drug Policy:

Flagship program seeks to improve health outcomes, empowerment in Mississippi’s Latino communities

Nearly a year after legalization, Mississippi cannabis facilities adjust to new market, regulations

Mississippi pharmacies can dispense naloxone without a prescription. Less than half actually do

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