Attorney General Jim Hood has big plans for education in Mississippi. He wants universal pre-K, teacher pay raises, and to fully fund the state's education funding formula — which has only ...

If any Democrat can be elected governor of Mississippi, it’s Jim Hood. The state’s four-term attorney general is the only Democrat who has won a statewide race in Mississippi in the last 16 years.

Attorney General Jim Hood has announced an end to the active federal and state investigation into the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. "There's nothing else that can be ...

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Attorney General Jim Hood has appealed a federal judge's ruling that part of Mississippi's campaign finance law creates an unconstitutional burden for people or groups that ...

But when Mr. Hood suggested the money for some of his plans, such as those for roads and bridges, could all come from the money he would save by “draining the swamp,” Mr. Reeves called it a dodge.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood plans to announce a bid for governor on Oct. 3, 2018, amid positive polling. He is the state’s only statewide-elected Democrat. Photo by Ashton Pittman.

Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood talks about his agency's attack on cybercrime as he speaks to hundreds of people Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in Jackson, Miss. Hood is one of the few Democrats still ...

Jim Hood is Democrats’ best chance in two decades of winning Mississippi’s gubernatorial race. But that’s not likely to be enough, thanks to an electoral system contrived by racist delegates ...

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is sparring with Google once more. Last year, Hood and Google wound down a court dispute over Hood's investigation into how Google handles certain kinds of ...

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who supports expansion of Medicaid coverage for the poor, is in a close race against current Lieutenant Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican that polls show has ...

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, and Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood are vying to be the state's next governor in Tuesday's election. Some say the race is surprisingly competitive.