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Mississippi Choctaws to Elect Tribal Council Representatives on Tuesday, June 10
Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will vote on Tuesday, June 10, to elect members of the Choctaw Tribal Council to represent six communities located in the east-central part of the state.
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Jackson Voters Elect John Horhn as Next Mayor: ‘Let’s Get to Work’
Voters elected longtime Democratic Mississippi Sen. John Horhn as the new mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He replaces outgoing Democratic Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba.
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Person of the Day | Susan Copeland: Lumberton High Unveils Mural Honoring Late Teacher
Lumberton High School science teacher Susan Copeland (pictured) died in a car crash in January 2024. Her students have since memorialized her with a mural on campus.
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Democracy | ‘Whiteness’ Is an Ancient Con. We Must Win ‘The Game’ Together.
“We need to become a powerful majority to turn back bigotry and inhumanity amid this fierce urgency of now—not as a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy and to finally realize the dream of so many who gave their lives to save…
Award-Winning MFP JournaLism
Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 95 Honors for MFP Team, 7 for YMP, Since March 2020
As of July 25, 2024, our team is up to 93 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Trump Approves Disaster Assistance for Mississippi Tornadoes
President Donald Trump has approved disaster assistance to Mississippi counties affected by tornadoes that struck that state in mid-March.
New York Governor Apologizes for Native American Boarding School History
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul formally apologized Tuesday for the atrocities she says were committed at an upstate boarding school where Native American youths were…
Uncertainty About Federal Disaster Aid Looms As Storms Roll In
The power to grant a disaster declaration and access to the FEMA assistance programs for states hit by storms lies solely in the hands of…
Trump’s Tax Cut Bill Passes With Medicaid Cuts, Trans Care Ban
A legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding, a trans care ban and other Republican priorities passed the U.S. House.