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Former Mississippi House speaker appointed to Hinds County Economic Development Board
Former Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, who helped pass a long list of economic bills during his time behind the gavel, will now play a role in future economic development projects in Hinds County. On Monday, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to add Gunn to the Hinds...
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Planned Religious Lesson Didn’t Go Forward After Complaint, Covington County Schools Say
An elementary school class in South Mississippi did not receive a planned class activity featuring religious content after a national organization warned the Covington...
Freedom Summer’s lasting impact: ‘They never forgot their mission’
Freedom Summer did more than change Mississippi. It changed America.
“So many of those volunteers went back to school with a new mission,” said Davis...
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A character guide for reading ‘The Backchannel’ series
This is a character guide for Mississippi Today’s series “The Backchannel.” Below are the main players and other people swept up in the sprawling...
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Phil Bryant had his sights on a payout as welfare funds flowed to Brett Favre
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant used the authority of his office, the weight of his political influence and the power of his connections to...
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Q&A with former Gov. Phil Bryant about Prevacus, welfare scandal
Text messages obtained by Mississippi Today reveal that NFL quarterback Brett Favre briefed former Gov. Phil Bryant about the flow of taxpayer funds to...
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Mississippi Today investigation exposes new evidence of Phil Bryant’s role in welfare scandal
With the help of Phil Bryant’s own words in candid, never-before-published conversations, Mississippi Today’s series “The Backchannel” uncovers the depth of the former governor’s...
Government
Mississippi’s largest teacher pay raise? It is, according to how ‘largest’ is defined
Gov. Tate Reeves, members of the media and other politicians are touting the $246 million teacher pay raise passed this session of the Mississippi...
Government
Bill would remove racist state song, but creates a mostly white selection committee to replace it
The final debate on the Senate floor about a large tourism spending bill didn’t focus on the millions of dollars earmarked for the state’s...