Mayor John Horhn was sworn in as Jackson’s new mayor Tuesday, calling for unity, urgency and "the delivery of hope." ...

The assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, warns Mamdani that a race-based tax proposal is illegal.

New "American Idol" winner Jamal Roberts was recently given the key to an Alabama city, but he's declining the same honor for a Mississippi town.

Zohran Mamdani is New York City’s presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee — but his mother’s Mississippi story came first.

Black mayor tops list of unjustly arrested in Camilla, Ga.? Move marks the latest chapter in southwest Georgia’s 157-year struggle against systemic voter suppression and judicial complicity.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city, who's under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job.

When asked what impact it had on her to have two Black mayors elected back to back, serving in Hartford for 12 years, La’Trece said, “It let me know that whatever you put your mind to do, you ...

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News Mayor‘s bribery arrest is latest shock in Mississippi’s capital city Published: Nov. 09, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Lumumba Inducted Into National Civil Rights Hall Of Fame Lumumba received the recognition despite undergoing scrutiny for his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal.