Cavan Images / Getty Images GOP State Lawmaker Proposes Bill Making Abortionists 'Guilty of Murder' A Republican Mississippi state legislator introduced a bill making it a felony to perform an abortion. By Mary Margaret Olohan January 21, 2021
University of Mississippi Professor Who Went on Strike for Social Justice Hit with Hefty Bill from State Auditor A Mississippi professor who decided to use his position for a social justice protest is now getting a bill for the time he spent not working. By Jack Davis December 25, 2020
Southaven Police Department / Facebook screen shot Age 2 Boy Abandoned at Goodwill Donation Center with Heartbreaking Note and Change of Clothes The Southaven Police Department posted on Facebook about the 2-year-old boy, asking for the public's help. By Amanda Thomason December 15, 2020
Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images Court Rules Texas, Louisiana Can Cut Taxpayer Funding to Planned Parenthood A federal appeals court ruled that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. By The Associated Press November 23, 2020
Eddie Moore - Pool / The Albuquerque Journal via APCommentary Second Wave of American Lockdowns Begin as State Orders 2-Week Quarantine for All Residents However, not all state leaders are rushing to shut down their own economies and communities because of COVID-19. By Jared Harris November 15, 2020
Mandel Ngan - AFP / Getty Images Governor Announces He Will Defy a Potential Biden Nationwide Lockdown Reeves said everything can't shut down for the next six weeks and then 'come back and flip a switch, and everything will be fine.' By Erin Coates November 13, 2020
Donald Kravitz / Getty Images Gun-Loving 22-Year-Old Who Sang Star Spangled Banner At Trump Rally Crowned Miss USA A 22-year-old Second Amendment supporter from Mississippi who once sang the national anthem at a Trump rally won the 2020 Miss USA pageant. By Johnathan Jones November 10, 2020
Alliance Defending Freedom via @nypost / TwitterCommentary Censored? Mississippi 3rd-Grader Forced To Take Off Mask for 1 Sick Reason Can't these kids who must have cloth covering their face all day at least use it to spread a personally meaningful message? By Christine Favocci November 7, 2020
Eva Marie Uzcategui / AFP via Getty Images Legal Marijuana Comes to More States as Drugs Win Big on Ballots The push to relax drug laws gained ground as five more states voted to legalize marijuana. By The Associated Press November 4, 2020
Rogelio V. Solis / AP Mississippi Voters Approve Replacement of Confederate-Themed Flag Lawmakers retired the old flag months ago amid nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. By The Associated Press November 3, 2020