January News

The past few years, Hosemann has assembled study groups populated by representatives from almost every industry that does business in Mississippi to kick around ideas.

After failing to attract a temporary leader for Mississippi Valley State University, the College Board has decided to look for permanent president for the Itta Bena school.

First-grader Elijah Archer moved in January from a school in Springfield to Brayton Elementary in North Adams.

Tiffany Gaines of Powder Springs holds her 7A1 2-month-old daughter, Destini. Gaines was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was seven months pregnant with Destini and completed her last cycle of chemotherapy in January.

California's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in 4 1/2 years as the state experienced one of the sharpest drops in joblessness nationwide, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

The Sierra Club has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to order the Public Service Commission to again reconsider its approval of the $4.3 billion coal-fired power plant Mississippi Power Co.

The Tupelo Furniture Market has shifted the dates of its spring market to mid-January in order to give buyers and manufacturers a jump on tax refund season.

A July 8 trial date is set for a contraband tobacco case sealed in federal court more than a year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked the exhibitor's license of the Collins Zoo following a hearing before an administrative law judge.

Today's infographic is a map of the State Beer Excise Tax Rates for each of the fifty states as of January 1, 2013.

Dan Turner and Dianne Turner were finally able to meet with family and friends in the hospital as his therapy began to pay off.

The news is good for job applicants in the green technology sector. There were 749,197 positions posted nationwide in the United States between January 1, 2013, and March 31, 2013, according to the latest data released from a new Clean Jobs Index.

The playbook that worked so well for the conservative senator and think tank in 2007 backfired this year, writes Jamelle Bouie.

This photo shows an excavation dug in preparation for new pressurized water reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, SC.

Susan Perkins, who was named to head the public relations department in late January, was told Friday her job would be eliminated.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told graduates at his alma mater that he wants them to "rise up and do great things." The Republican has been governor since January 2012.

Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says the prison system faces a budget crunch, partly because the Parole Board releases fewer inmates these days.

With the grim news that the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration registered over 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, a level not seen for millions of years, Coral Davenport has an encouraging piece in National Journal profiling the few lonely activists trying to bring the right out of the conspiracy swamps on climate ... (more)

Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Over Staff Cuts The tumult that has characterized The Village Voice in recent years resurfaced on Thursday when the top two editors said they were leaving the weekly newspaper.

Comedian Kathy Griffin is thrilled to be in the company of such fellow L'Auberge Casino & Hotel entertainers as country singer Travis Tritt and Southern rock band Blackberry Smoke.