Mississippi Today (https://mississippitoday.org/)
Rising meal plan prices at Mississippi universities contribute to the increasing cost of a college education. A big reason for the higher costs? Students are paying for more than just food.
Food service contracts at Auburn and Alabama mirror comparable public universities in Mississippi, but review finds that Auburn alone requires specific local purchasing standards in their Aramark contracts.
Food service workers on campus often don’t work for the university. That means missing out on benefits and economic mobility.
Tate Reeves tried to lure teachers on board his campaign van before the election with a pay raise plan.
Mississippi’s next governor will appoint four new IHL board members in 2021. The Nov. 5 general election winner could, theoretically, appoint all 12 members of the board if re-elected to a second term.
In a lawsuit about a constitutional mandate that candidates win a majority of state House districts to win election, a federal judge said he expects to issue a fast ruling and urged parties to appeal quickly. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, are named as defendants in the suit
Andy Shain, Columbia bureau chief for the Post and Courier newspaper, talks about the president search drama at the University of South Carolina.
In 2015, like this year, the IHL board shortened its official search process to name Boyce commissioner of higher education. There was talk then of changing the governance structure of the state’s eight public universities.
He may not be a household name but MPB documentary, a companion piece to Ken Burns’ film “Country Music”, scheduled to air in January could change that.
Gardner Minshew and Demario Davis share more than a hometown. They both have a blue-collar work ethic that has made them two of the best stories in the NFL currently.
Tate Reeves and Jim Hood debate tonight. But not in the Livestock Arena.
Lieutenant governor says increased revenue collections will allow him to raise teacher pay and invest in other programs without raising taxes. Attorney General Jim Hood said Reeves “had eight years to do it and he has not done it.”
As of the fourth quarter of 2018, Mississippi was one of 10 states that had not regained its pre-2008 peak in revenue collections when adjusted for inflation. The state in 2018 still had less buying power than it did before the so-called Great Recession.
