Mississippi Department of Human Services announced that full SNAP benefits will roll out in November. Here's what you need to know ...

The tour will make its first stop in Jackson and will feature discussions about the city’s ongoing water crisis. The Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour is making its way across the state of Mississippi ...

Holmes County is the most obese county in Mississippi, the most obese state. The county is also among Mississippi's poorest. Officials are trying... Tackling Obesity Amid Poverty In A Mississippi ...

Josh Clark and Judy Long get to the bottom of how a state historically limited in resources can have such scholarship and enlightenment.

Mississippi ranks 48th overall in child well-being, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. While Mississippi ranks last in health, it has risen to 16th in education. Child poverty has decreased, ...

Mississippians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help with food costs will soon receive partial payments, officials say.

A new ranking put Mississippi in the bottom 3 states for charitable giving. Want to change that? Local charities need time, ...

One of the major problems that African Americans have is not having access to care or not being able to afford the care that they're given, that [is] actually needed. So, a lot of times, African ...

Every day this summer, Ontario Winn hit the gym. After spending his junior year warming the bench, Winn, now a senior at Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi, thought he finally had the ...

Mississippi earned an ‘F’ grade for its rate of preterm births in 2024, according to the 2025 report card from the March of ...