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An increasing number of school districts in Mississippi have turned to online education programs as they face a critical shortage of certified teachers. Students say the lack of an in-person expert teacher, who can answer questions and spend time with students who are struggling, takes a toll on their education.
Case ignited debate over differing state laws on marijuana. Patrick Beadle was facing at least eight years behind bars.
Guest, part of the biggest class of newcomers since 1933, says there are issues that aren’t highly partisan, police body cameras, military funding, agriculture and rural hospitals, where Democrats and Republicans can work together.
Grants will help organizations in Clarksdale, Greenville, and Yazoo City train and educate high school dropouts
The Trump family pulls out of a hotel project in the Mississippi Delta.
In the past 20 years, the number of uncertified teachers in Mississippi’s schools has increased. But in the state’s poorest schools, many of them in the Delta, the numbers far exceed the state average.
Teacher and state employee pay raises are popular this session but tackling school funding is not in vogue this year
State opens at The Dude with a sweep and the debut of the Ron Polk Ring of Honor featuring Dudy Noble, Boo Ferriss, Will Clark, Raphael Palmeiro and Jeff Brantley.
The project developers say the company is on solid financial footing and the hotel will open this fall
Federal judge grants class action status to a suit challenging the constitutionality of state’s felony disenfranchisement laws.
Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Southern Miss all are ranked in the preseason polls to open the 2019 college baseball season. State will debut the rebuilt Dudy Noble Field/Polk Dement Stadium, which features every bell and whistle imaginable.
City officials passed two resolutions for voters to weigh in on: a proposed property tax increase and a measure to abolish the Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission
Organization unveils $1.7 billion plan to restore the Gulf ecosystem from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Educators would receive an additional $500 in the first year and $500 in the next year, costing the state $50 million annually when the raise is fully phased-in.
