Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. News & World Report recently released its "Best States for 2025," ranking all 50 states. How did Mississippi score? The ...

Mississippi, one of the most impoverished states in the U.S., passed legislation last year that will fully eliminate ...

UMMC Holmes County in Lexington, part of University of Mississippi Medical Center, is slated to open a prenatal clinic for some of the state’s poorest residents, according to a Mississippi Public ...

Mississippi ranks last in the nation in women’s health and reproductive care outcomes, according to a 2024 scorecard released Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan foundation focused on ...

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) -- The two nuns who were killed in Mississippi were by all accounts some of the most friendly, helpful people in town, cooking and caring for anyone in their poor community -- ...

Gangs, violence and sexual assaults are a problem in three Mississippi prisons because the facilities are short-staffed and inmates are sometimes left unsupervised, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...

LUMBERTON, Miss. — Farmers in southeast Mississippi are facing rising production costs, making it harder to stay profitable. With crop prices fluctuating and economic uncertainty ahead, many are ...

U.S. News & World Report recently released its "Best States for 2025," ranking all 50 states. How did Mississippi score? Overall, the study used data to rank states based on eight important areas of ...

Mississippi, one of the most impoverished U.S. states, is on a path to full income tax elimination by 2040 amid a ...