Two bills in Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

"As I embark on the role of Chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, I am filled with profound gratitude and a ...

Mississippi’s most recent milestone for racial progress was the retirement of its former state flag in 2020. The controversial banner featured a Confederate battle emblem. Talks to change the ...

The debate over Florida’s state bird has been going on for decades. The current bird is the mockingbird -- as it is for Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Arkansas. Backers of the Florida Scrub ...

Former state House majority leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton alleges in a new lawsuit that Albuquerque police used ...

Confederate Memorial Day is an official holiday in several states. Why is it celebrated, and where? Does New Jersey take part? Here's what to know.

Homeownership is common in Mississippi – the state’s homeownership rate (~74 ... lot of high-income buyers focused on classic status symbols: large suburban homes, maybe some country property.

Several states in the south still observe Confederate Memorial Day in April as an official holiday, giving state workers the ... Last year, Mississippi House Rep. Chris Bell and Sen.

A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America.

Louisiana isn’t alone. It will be part of a regional guide called the Michelin Guide American South that takes in five more ...

The since defunct minor league team played in Huntsville from 1985-2014 before moving to Biloxi, Mississippi. But ... “One of ...