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The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not stop Mississippi from removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies.

In 1961, JFK signed an executive order mandating that federal contractors "take affirmative action" to ensure applicants were treated equally.

The Supreme Court blocked Biden's plan to wipe out student loan debt for 26 million Americans.

A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that requires permission from state police before protests near Jackson government buildings.

Summer is here and the temperatures are rising by the minute in Metropolitian area.

Terry Jordan wants his patrons to feel like they are in another world when they dine at his restaurant in downtown Hattiesburg.

Hear what prominent Mississippians are saying about the U.S. Supreme Court decision to largely ban affirmative action in college admissions.

Mississippi district attorney Doug Evans is stepping down six months before his term ends.

Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday.