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As heat rises, inmates and staff swelter in Mississippi’s prisons
As of Friday, five of the six locations where Mississippi’s prisons are located are under a National Weather Service heat advisory.
And the Mississippi Department...
As heat rises, inmates and staff swelter in Mississippi’s prisons
As of Friday, five of the six locations where Mississippi’s prisons are located are under a National Weather Service heat advisory.
And the Mississippi Department...
State News
Federal funds both ‘huge’ and ‘not near enough’ for Mississippi’s rural water problems
LELAND — The Black Bayou Water Association, which now connects to nearly 3,000 rural customers in the Delta, was started about 30 years ago...
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Tuition increases at every public university but JSU
Every public university but Jackson State University will raise tuition rates this coming school year, continuing a trend that puts the cost of college...
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Insurance head calls for UMMC, Blue Cross to resolve dispute, cites ‘devastating’ impact on patients
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney on Thursday penned a letter urging the state’s largest hospital and insurer to utilize the same mediation process that...
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State Superintendent Carey Wright to retire June 30
Mississippi Superintendent of Education Carey Wright announced her retirement, effective June 30, at the State Board of Education meeting on Thursday.
Wright, who first took...
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College presidents now have final say on tenure after IHL quietly revises policy
The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will no longer approve tenure in Mississippi, per amended policies the board quietly approved at its...
Government
Jackson lawmakers discuss why it’s hard to land state funding for the capital city
Members of Jackson’s legislative delegation say that — fairly or unfairly — the city suffers from an image problem that makes it hard to...
