Many shared their opinions on potential changes the Mississippi Department of Education is making to the state’s social studies standards.
Posted inCartoon
Marshall Ramsey: Thank You Coach
Sean Payton’s teams not only brought New Orleans a Super Bowl, but it buoyed a broken city after Katrina. Thanks for 15 great years, Coach.
Posted inHealth
Mississippi clinics turned women away — even during crises — if they had past due bills
Denying medical services for past due bills is not illegal and may be happening to Mississippi women more and more often.
Posted inFollow the Money
Mississippi universities got millions in pandemic relief. It’s hard to know how they spent it.
Mississippi’s eight public universities received millions from the federal government, but it’s hard to get a clear picture of what the universities did with those dollars.
Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi
House passes anti-vaccine mandate bill
The bill would exempt employees of private businesses from vaccine mandates and prohibit state and local governmental entities from forcing a mandate on their employees.
Posted inEnvironment
EPA sends Jackson another notice over water deficiencies
The Environmental Protection Agency sent Jackson a notice of non-compliance over water system deficiencies, the third time in the last two years the agency has done so.
Posted inStaff Spotlight
Mississippi Today selected to participate in the Google News Initiative’s Product Lab
Mississippi Today has been chosen for the Google News Initiative Product Lab, a program to help news organizations put product at the center of their work.
Posted inEducation
Jackson water crisis again impacts schools
As cold temperatures repeatedly dipped below freezing this month, several public schools in Jackson switched to virtual instruction because of little or no water pressure on campus.
Posted inLegislature
Jackson senators call for ‘all hands on deck’ to deal with capital city woes
Republican legislative leaders and Democratic city leaders have long been unable to agree on how to deal with Jackson’s most dire issues.
Posted inLegislature
Black women’s group says Mississippi equal pay proposals have ‘glaring flaws’
In the last state without equal pay protection for women, advocates say a House bill passed last week “is the opposite of an equal pay bill.”
Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi
Tenth Mississippi child dies of COVID-19
Another child in Mississippi has died from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of pediatric deaths in the state to 10.
Posted inCartoon
Marshall Ramsey: Psyche!
Not sure how all this is supposed to add up. But hey, it worked in Kansas, right? Right? Oh.
Posted inLegislature
‘Long time overdue’: Mississippi Legislature sends medical marijuana bill to governor
House also passes bill to create first-degree murder charge for those who sell Fentanyl-laced drugs that cause someone’s death.
Posted inLegislature
Mississippi’s strict felony voting ban unlikely to be addressed in 2022 session
Any effort during the 2022 legislative session to restore voting rights to people convicted of certain felonies will be modest.
Posted inHealth
‘We got to get some help:’ Pandemic accelerates need for children’s mental health services
Experts say both the need and demand for kids’ mental health services has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.