1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (778+ words) Governor Tate Reeves (R) announced Friday that Mississippi’s total nonfarm employment reached a new record high in July with 1,196,200 jobs. “There’s been no shortage of record-breaking economic news for Mississippi over the last six-plus years,” said Governor Reeves. “It’s amazing to…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (713+ words) Governor Tate Reeves announced Thursday that he had appointed Dr. Daniel “Deano” Harrison as Director of the Mississippi Office of Apprenticeship, also known as ApprenticeshipMS. Nissan Neighbors has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Foundation for Mississippi History to support student…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (163+ words) The Enterprise-Tocsin Opinion: When grudges kill good ideas Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wrote a column recently saying he will introduce, for the second straight year, a bill in the 2027 Legislature to forbid students from using their cellphone during school hours....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (314+ words) A recently released, though somewhat outdated and limited, study of the association between gambling and mental health of college students should strengthen the resolve of Mississippi lawmakers to reject the idea of making sports betting easier than it already is....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (433+ words) Most people do not sit around talking about redistricting over Sunday dinner. They are talking about bills, school starting back, who forgot to bring ice, and why somebody’s cousin is always late. Mississippi lawmakers are planning eight public hearings across…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (482+ words) The Enterprise-Tocsin Rising inequality poses political risk I have a friend, Steve, I see at the gym many mornings. As everyone should be, Steve is worried about income being redistributed from lower earners to higher earners going on since 1980. He…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) The Enterprise-Tocsin Trump’s tips are now for sale Donald Trump has so blatantly monetized the presidency that his social media company sees no reason to mince words about what it is now selling: early access to the president’s market-shifting pronouncements....

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (619+ words) Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Monday the recent sentencing of Kenneth Dewayne Loveless, 54, of Hattiesburg for one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material. The case was investigated and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office, with assistance from the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (421+ words) Mississippi is nearly 90 days away from the November 3 general election. That may sound like plenty of time, but Election Day has a way of arriving quickly. People get busy with work, school, family, football, bills, and life. Then suddenly it…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) A Sunday community meeting hosted by Indianola Vice Mayor Johnny Phillips may have violated Mississippi’s Open Meetings Act after a quorum of the Indianola Board of Aldermen — and key city staff — attended and discussed official municipal business, despite earlier legal…...