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- This undated file photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Blayde Grayson. A state circuit judge issued an order Monday, April 11, 2022, saying Grayson told her under oath that he wants to keep appealing his case. That was a reversal from when Grayson told the state Supreme Court in December 2021 that he wanted to relinquish all appeals and request an execution date. Justices ordered King to put Grayson under oath to say what he wants. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Inmate reverses request for execution, says he wants appeal
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:05PM , 364 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi death row inmate has told a judge under oath that he wants to continue appealing his case, months after saying he wanted to give up his appeals and request an execution date.
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- As is his tradition, House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, right, shakes the hand and says goodbye to each lawmaker, such as Rep. Shane Aguirre, R-Tupelo, at the conclusion of the legislative session at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Teacher raise, tax cut top issues in Mississippi session
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,04/06/22-11:21AM , 245 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators have finished their busiest session in years after enacting the largest teacher pay raise in a generation and setting the state's largest-ever income tax cut.

“Clearly, by any stretch, the Mississippi Legislature performed this year,” Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
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- Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, seated, signs a bill that will reduce the state income tax over four years, beginning in 2023, at his office in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Attending the signing were from left, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, House Speaker Pro Tempore Jason White, R-West, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia and House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi governor signs state's largest income tax cut
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/05/22-3:55PM , 270 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut.
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- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks about the importance of his signing a teacher pay raise bill, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Madison Central High School in Madison, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi joins states limiting outside election funding
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/04/22-5:31PM , 319 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private groups for voting operations — a movement fueled by conservatives' suspicion of donations by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2020.
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