All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2021 // After 30 days of boiling their water to get rid of contaminants and sometimes no water at all, Jackson residents are finally able to drink the water from the tap after officials lifted a boil water advisory put in place in...
Mar 15 2021 // Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city of 161,000 went dry during a winter storm. Still, officials said Thursday that thousands will...
Mar 15 2021 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is ordering a third trial in a wrongful death case, years after a jury told Hyundai Motor Company to pay millions of dollars to families of three people killed in a 1995 car crash.In a ruling...
Mar 10 2021 // Running water has been restored to most parts of Mississippi’s capital city, three weeks after the majority of Jackson homes and businesses lost service during a winter storm that coated parts of the South in snow...
Mar 5 2021 // Frustrations are mounting in Mississippi’s largest city, more than two weeks since winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the city’s water system – knocking out water for drinking and making it...
Mar 2 2021 // Water for flushing toilets was being distributed at seven sites in Mississippi’s capital city – more than 10 days after winter storms wreaked havoc on the city’s water system.The sites were open in...
Feb 24 2021 // Rising temperatures began melting the snow and ice in Mississippi and Louisiana, but tens of thousands of people still had little or no water service Monday, some waiting a week for restoration since the outages began...
Feb 9 2021 // Regulations for a medical marijuana program in Mississippi will be in place by a July 1 deadline, members of the state Board of Health said last week. But they cautioned that it’s unclear how soon marijuana might be...
Jan 22 2021 // Farmers Insurance has launched a range of customizable insurance products in Mississippi. Customers throughout the state can now quote and purchase auto, home, condo, and renters products in a direct-to-consumer...
Jan 21 2021 // Farmers and environmentalists have been arguing for decades over proposals for a massive federal flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta. The fight is continuing into a new presidential administration.Four...
Jan 21 2021 // HUB International Limited (Hub), a global insurance broker, has acquired the assets of MPE Employee Benefit Services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Ridgeland, Miss., MPE Employee Benefit Services...
Jan 13 2021 // Attorneys trying to block a Mississippi medical marijuana program say the state is using a “zombie law” about old congressional districts to defend how an initiative landed on the ballot.Voters in November...
Jan 6 2021 // The Trump administration has approved Gov. Tate Reeves’ request for federal help following Hurricane Zeta.President Donald Trump declared the disaster on New Year’s Eve, ordering federal aid to help South...
Jan 4 2021 // A mayor’s lawsuit is making baseless arguments as it seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that Mississippi voters approved, state attorneys said in court papers filed Monday.Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins...
Dec 22 2020 // A fully loaded tanker on the Mississippi River near Reserve, La., caused $40.5 million in damage when it plowed into moored vessels, barges and infrastructure along the river in May 2019, federal transportation safety...
Dec 15 2020 // Vertus Insurance Partners and Zurich North America have expanded the Cat4Home deductible buy-back insurance product to customers in Alabama and Mississippi.The company said the expanded offering comes after the second most...
Dec 15 2020 // A court fight threatens to block a Mississippi medical marijuana program before the program even gets started.Voters on Nov. 3 approved a medical marijuana initiative by a wide margin – about 58%, according to...
Dec 10 2020 // A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools.The 5th U.S. Circuit...
Dec 9 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta, a regional administrator for the agency...
Dec 8 2020 // The U.S. Department of Justice last month sued the owners and manager of three apartment complexes in Mississippi, saying they violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against Black potential renters.The lawsuit is...