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Eleven-year-old Justin Alexander Armenta’s mother was detained in the ICE raid that took place at Koch Foods Inc. on Aug. 7. His aunt now cares for Justin, who has autism, and his 1-year-old sister.
Workforce leaders spin key report, overstate Mississippi’s role as leader in growing jobs for workers without college degrees.
Gubernatorial candidates agree to Oct. 10 debate in Hattiesburg before live audience but unable to come to terms on other dates, so far.
The state board of education will vote later this week to adopt the school ratings for the most recent academic year
“It’s easily the best field in the history of our tournament,” said the tournament’s executive director. This week marks the Sanderson Farms Championship tournament’s first time as a stand-alone PGA event.
Former Supreme Court Justice Ed Pittman, who reviewed Jim Hood’s investigation into the Tate Reeves frontage road scandal, discusses whether Reeves might have violated the state Constitution’s ethics clause.
The State Auditor finds misspending at the Blues Commission.
Former chief justice filed the watershed case that established modern interpretation guidelines for Section 109, the state Constitution’s ethics clause designed to prevent public officials from profiting from their public service.
Frontage road probe: Reeves refutes Hood’s findings, pans report as ‘inaccurate and deceptive’
Hood released a report Wednesday on his investigation into whether Reeves applied political pressure to plan and construct a $2 million frontage road. The next day the lieutenant governor fired back calling the report’s release a “political stunt.”
Both lieutenant governor candidates favor improving teacher pay but part ways on a minimum wage hike.
The Biden campaign says the endorsements are the most yet from any statehouse
Reaction to Jim Hood’s report about the access road to Lt. Governor Tate Reeve’s neighborhood.
Mississippi State’s Billy Stacy was a special athlete, a big guy who could run and jump, and, if not for football, might have been an Olympic hurdler. For the NFL Cardinals, he was a Pro Bowler as a defensive back.
Attorney general says the program would cost between $6 million to $8 million.
After the report was released, Reeves campaign said “This is just a 43-page political dirty trick by Jim Hood.” In a statement, Hood said “My view is that the report speaks for itself.”
