The interim manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city has released a new financial plan to change Jackson’s billing system and spend hundreds of millions of federal relief funds paying down the system’s debt

Mississippi Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says he wants to set stronger penalties for carjacking, resisting arrest and fleeing from law enforcement officers

Republican lawmakers in Mississippi are advancing a bill that would transfer ownership of Jackson's troubled water system to a new public entity overseen by a nine-member board

Mississippi senators are proposing an $80 million grant program for financially struggling hospitals and other programs to help the state attract and retain nurses and physicians

Nursing programs at Mississippi's public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes

An election commissioner in Mississippi’s largest county has pleaded guilty to fraud and embezzlement of pandemic relief funds

A cold snap blanketing the Deep South has upended water systems as local officials struggle to repair widespread leaks and broken pipes

Days of freezing temperatures in Deep South areas that usually freeze for only hours are threatening dozens of water systems as burst pipes leak millions of gallons of water

City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say residents must boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures