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2024 Mississippi legislative session not good for private school voucher supporters
Despite a recent Mississippi Supreme Court ruling allowing $10 million in public money to be spent on private schools, 2024 has not been a...
2024 Mississippi legislative session not good for private school voucher supporters
Despite a recent Mississippi Supreme Court ruling allowing $10 million in public money to be spent on private schools, 2024 has not been a...
Mississippi Legends: Tammy Wynette, First Lady of Country Music
The life of Tammy Wynette is memorialized in Tremont where visitors get a glimpse of the dreams of a little girl playing piano and...
Mississippi Legends: Tammy Wynette, First Lady of Country Music
The life of Tammy Wynette is memorialized in Tremont where visitors get a glimpse of the dreams of a little girl playing piano and...
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A Delta State professor walks into a bar. The bartender asks,’Can I get you funding?’
CLEVELAND — Under beer bottle chandeliers and a Last Supper-style mural of the Blues masters, faculty and staff prepared for the fifth and final...
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Entergy unveils largest renewable power plant in Mississippi
Entergy Mississippi announced Thursday the completion of the Sunflower Solar Station project, which is now the largest renewable energy plant in Mississippi.
The Sunflower County...
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Kim Benton to replace Carey Wright as interim state superintendent
On Thursday, the Mississippi State Board of Education announced Kim Benton as the interim state superintendent following the retirement of State Superintendent Carey Wright...
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Third graders score close to pre-pandemic levels in state reading test
Mississippi third-graders scored similarly to 2019 levels on the “third grade reading gate,” showing relatively little pandemic learning loss.
The Mississippi Department of Education released...
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Empower to host Unleash Mississippi with state leaders, national policy experts
Empower Mississippi will host the second annual Unleash Mississippi to provide a solutions-centered discussion among state leaders and policy experts on the biggest challenges...
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State Auditor Issues Civil Demand on Former DHS Deputy Director
JACKSON, Miss. – Today the Office of State Auditor Shad White served a civil demand for $3,648,557.60 on former Deputy Director of the Mississippi...