CLEVELAND, Miss.—Lawson King, a sculpting major at Delta State University, is in his 10:00 a.m. ceramics class, goofing off with friends. It’s Monday. Sept....
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Democratic U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson voted against honoring “the life and legacy” of Charlie Kirk on Friday, saying that the conservative activist...
A school district in Mississippi has addressed accusations that one of its high schools has prohibited a chapter of an organization the late Charlie Kirk founded from being formed. In an official statement released Friday, the Clinton Public School District alleged that individuals on social media had misreported that Clinton High School administrators denied a […]
A bill that will allow state employees to stay home with newborns or newly adopted children without suffering financial detriment was signed into law by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday. House Bill 1063, dubbed the “Mississippi State Employees Paid Parental Leave Act,” glided through its originating house in a 114-0 vote. After the Senate […]
JACKSON, Miss.— Mathematical errors in the Mississippi Legislature’s tax-reform plan could mean that Mississippi abolishes the income tax much sooner than intended without first...
Longtime Mississippi education leader Dr. Laurie Todd-Smith was sworn in as a top education official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday. President Donald Trump tabbed the longtime Mississippi education administrator as the Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Education at HHS. In the new role, Todd-Smith will lead the federal […]
