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Audit says if out of classroom spending “had been kept the same … over the last ten years,” Mississippi could give teachers an $11,000 pay raise. Education advocates say report is overly broad and not fair.
Mimmo Parisi, a research center director and professor at Mississippi State University, takes otherwise confidential data from various state agencies about Mississippi residents to help Republican leaders shape public policy.
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves has the money, but does he have the love?
Legislation to provide an increase to county officials stalled but an agreement was reached in the final days of the session.
Corrections officials in some states have launched investigations into prison employees’ posting memes that make light of subjects such as shooting inmates with Tasers, placing them in solitary confinement or confiscating their personal belongings
Over a dozen tornadoes rip across Mississippi. And of course, we press on and rebuild.
Yazoo City Municipal and Humphreys County districts will see their local school boards dissolved and replaced by the state Board of Education. Former educator notes poverty is a common denominator in the Delta districts.
The fire at #NotreDame was horrific. Hundreds of years of history have been destroyed right before our eyes.
Legendary State coach Ron Polk, who has coached both Jeffrey Rea and Jake Mangum, calls them “two peas in a pod.”
Resident of Winterville, a rural town about eight miles north of Greenville, can’t go more than half a mile in either direction from her house.
Most suffrage bills in 15 years make their way to the governor’s desk after a push by Angela Turner-Ford in the Senate and Angela Cockerham in the House.
Bill Waller tells teachers he’s ‘not happy’ about raise amount, vows to push for Southeastern average.
Gubernatorial debates are a tradition in Mississippi but after recent elections, it’s not a given they’ll take place this election. Observers say debates are needed “to let people know they have choices.”
There are only two certified sexual assault nurse examiners currently practicing in Mississippi. One nurse is on a mission to change that.
After several bills filed during the legislative session to pave the way for a city election died in committee, leaders are planning a scaled back increase to address sidewalk, lighting and flood issues
Holland talks his political past, future
