Gov Bryant appoints new director to lead Mississippi…

Gov. Phil Bryant stated in a press release. "Her 27-years of experience in MDES over workforce programs, finances and administration makes her highly qualified and demonstrates her dedication to helping Mississippians find work." She will…

He had to have known he was interested’…

Nonprofit Mississippi News Many candidates who applied to the University of Mississippi chancellor position believe that Glenn Boyce misled them. Boyce met with several applicants in person earlier this year and discussed his interest in…

Hood wins 47 percent of popular vote, but…

To win the Mississippi statewide office under the constitutional provisions of 1890, which were enacted to protect African Americans from being elected to statewide office, the candidate must win the majority of the popular vote,…

In bid for secretary of state, PSC’s Sam…

Britton (62 years old) is currently serving his first term in public service commissioner. He aims to succeed Delbert Hosemann as Secretary of State. Britton will be facing Sen. Michael Watson during the Republican primary.…

It’s a matter of life and death’ —…

Nonprofit Mississippi News On August 7, 4,00 Mississippi public school students will be back in the classrooms in a new school district. The ambitious goal is to increase student achievement in the state's worst performing…

Jim Hood long railed against Mississippi’s mental health…

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Mississippi in 2016. It claimed that Mississippi had unlawfully held people looking for help in its state-run institutions and hospitals, and violated the federal standard of community-oriented healthcare. Hood…