Investigation

Investigation | John R. Lott, Jr. •

October 16, 2024

Stealth Edit: FBI quietly revises violent crime stats

Even as polls show that Americans are concerned about crime, the FBI and the media are making it difficult to see how crime rates have changed over the last few years.

Shad White

Investigation | Russ Latino •

August 13, 2024

White’s ‘Mississippi Swindle’ hits shelves, last nerves

Auditor Shad White's criticism of Attorney General Lynn Fitch and State Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst has drawn sharp rebuke, with both describing 'Mississippi Swindle' as a "fiction." White's not backing down.

Newark Federal District Court where Keaton Langston will be sentenced.

Investigation | Russ Latino •

May 26, 2024

Family Tradition: Keaton Langston pleads guilty in $51 million Medicare fraud

A new trail of healthcare corruption that stretches from Mississippi to the mafia raises questions about the Biden family's involvement in related businesses.

Investigation | Sarah Fowler, The New York Times , Photographer Rory Doyle •

February 5, 2024

Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price.

They vowed to fix water woes and save cities millions. But a New York Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before.

Investigation | Frank Corder •

May 30, 2023

Contributions to sitting Public Service Commissioners raise questions

The Mississippi PSC has a complicated history with gifts and campaign contributions dating back over 30 years.

Investigation | Anne Summerhays •

May 23, 2023

Experts have serious concerns about Mississippi’s public defender system

Experts suggest Mississippi is failing to satisfy its Sixth Amendment duty to provide access to counsel for indigent defendants, costing counties millions and putting the civil rights of thousands in jeopardy. Andre de Gruy speaks rapidly. The Louisiana native turned Mississippi son is a man on a mission to change the world, or at least…

News

News | Jeremy Pittari •

April 17, 2025

Regulating kratom in Mississippi: Age restriction, local bans, business concerns

News | Daniel Tyson •

April 17, 2025

State Defender hopeful pilot program will receive funding in special session

News | Magnolia Tribune •

April 17, 2025

Magnolia Mornings: April 17, 2025

Business

Business | Lynne Jeter •

April 17, 2025

GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville

Business | Lynne Jeter •

April 15, 2025

ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County

Business | Lynne Jeter •

April 9, 2025

Cultivating deep Magnolia State connections

Culture

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

April 18, 2025

Imitate Jesus

Culture | Ben Smith •

April 17, 2025

Stoned on turkeys

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

April 17, 2025

Harder to be full than empty

Opinion

Opinion | Jonathan Bain •

April 18, 2025

“One Door” is an open door for welfare expansion in Mississippi

Opinion | Sam Franklin •

April 17, 2025

Tariffs at the dawn of the American republic

Opinion | Lesley Davis •

April 16, 2025

Mississippi took bold steps this session but there’s more work to do