Mississippi

Mississippi April 30

Mississippi delivery driver accused of trying to steal retired deputy's order

Terel Tywan Hampton, a 30-year-old delivery driver from Jackson, Miss., has been arrested after allegedly attempting to steal an order placed by a retired deputy.

Mississippi April 23

Jackson, Mississippi, mayor facing federal bribery charges trails challenger in mayoral election results

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff.

Politics April 14

'Mississippi Musk': State auditor's MOGE report finds $400M in government waste

Mississippi state auditor Shad White said the Magnolia State is pursuing its own version of DOGE, finding $400 million in waste.

VIDEO April 12

Mississippi governor touts ‘conservative reforms’ for making a ‘huge difference’ with students

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves explains what is behind the Magnolia State’s ‘phenomenal’ test score improvement on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

VIDEO April 10

Cost cutting: 2 states aim to eliminate personal income taxes

Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan reports on both sides of a debate to eliminate state income tax in two states on 'Special Report.'

US April 5

Mississippi mortician allegedly stashed bodies inside storage unit after losing license, business: Officials

A mortician in Mississippi was charged criminally after he allegedly put human bodies inside a storage unit, according to officials.

Taxes March 31

GOP governor rallies around historic proposal to slash state's income tax: 'I am optimistic'

Montana is considering making cuts to its individual income tax rate as a growing number of states have completely transitioned to eliminating the tax altogether.

Taxes March 27

Deep red state makes major announcement about income tax: 'We plant our flag'

Mississippi taxpayers will get significant relief with the incremental elimination of the state's income tax, which will drop from 4.7% to nothing in a few years.

Health March 19

New outbreak of deadly bird flu strain confirmed for first time in 8 years

The H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected on a poultry farm in Mississippi. The infection of 47,654 commercial chickens was confirmed on March 13 by the World Organization for Animal Health.

Illegal Immigrants February 26

ICE arrests 16 illegal migrants caught fleeing out back of Mississippi business during raid

A Mississippi worksite raid by federal immigration agents resulted in the arrests of 16 illegal immigrants, according to an ICE news release.

Mississippi February 26

Mississippi city drops libel lawsuit against local paper forced to remove editorial critical of officials

The City of Clarksdale agreed to drop its lawsuit against the Clarksdale Press Register after successfully forcing them to take down an editorial last week.