Earlier this year, MIT-trained economist Melissa Kearney walked to a podium at the University of Mississippi’s Declaration of ...

The funding will be assigned to support communities in Hinds, Humphries, Jackson, Monroe, Scott and Sharkey counties.

Greenville’s regular city council meeting drew a standing-room-only crowd this week as citizens and business owners clashed over the city’s curfew, with some praising its effect on crime reduction and ...

With economic development successes piling up, MDA’s executive director offers a glimpse into the strategy his team uses to attract corporate investors.

Sheik Hamim bin Ahmed bin Kalifa al Thani, absolute ruler of Qatar, is no fool. He is a deeply religious Muslim whose country hosts both a strategic US military base and the ultra-conservative Arabian ...

My nominee for the best business book of 2025 is “Apple In China – The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company”. The author, Patrick McGee, was a decade long correspondent for the Financial Times ...

Sanford also cited a recent decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that Mississippi’s current law on mail-in voting is unlawful. The state’s current law mandates mail-in ballots ...

Onex Cole Sr., 73, of Indianola, died August 11, 2025. Visitation is from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, August 22, at Byas Funeral Home, Indianola. Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Mt. Olive ...

Concerned citizens and business owners filled every seat at the Greenville City Council’s regular meeting this week, voicing ...

Domtar Corporation will indefinitely idle operations at its Grenada, Miss., paper mill in September, marking a significant ...

INDIANOLA, Mississippi — Terry Thomas, 60, of Indianola, died Aug. 11, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, ...

In an effort to address the state’s obesity epidemic and subsequently address the health effects associated with it, the Mississippi Legislature is considering allowing GLP-1 medications such as ...