YAZOO CITY (Mississippi) -- Sharonique Freeman quit Webster Elementary School because her teachers kept leaving. Freeman had to go through so many substitutes and instructors that her parents Joe and Sharon Freeman decided to homeschool…
Mississippi colleges and universities extend spring break, cancel…
Mississippi Non-Profit News: In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus across the country, colleges and universities are closing their campuses and moving to online education. Mississippi's institutions have followed suit. The Institutions of…
Christmas tree’ Lawmakers OK borrowing $291 million for…
The state's bond debt is increased to $4.2 billion by the borrowing during a budget year that was slashed by the coronavirus pandemic and economic slump. This amounts to approximately $1,400 per citizen. The annual…
COVID-19 data Testing
The number of cases and the number of cases is a function testing. The more tests are completed, the more cases can be traced, identified and, hopefully, isolated. According to The COVID Tracking Project's nationwide…
Ep 113 Behind the scenes How lawmakers worked…
Chris Bell, a state representative from Jackson, talks about how a bipartisan group worked behind closed doors in order to remove the state flag. Listen here:
Former welfare agency head, others arrested for embezzling…
John Davis, the former Human Services director was arrested by special agents along with Latimer Smith, his employee. In connection with the eight-month-long investigation that revealed the scheme, Nancy New, Zach New and Anne McGrew,…
Rep Bennie Thompson to seek federal investigation into…
Thompson, the only Democrat in the state and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee made the announcement via Twitter Monday. Thompson tweeted, "I will be asking that the U.S. attorney general launch an investigation…
The last thing I’m worried about’ Sen Hyde-Smith…
Espy accepted two invitations to debate and publicly criticized Hyde-Smith for failing to do the same. Hyde-Smith said Wednesday that there are "just such stark differences." "So why are there such stark differences and so…
Here’s how to vote for or against medical…
To learn more about November 3, 2020, visit our 2020 Voter Guide. It'll be confusing, but medical marijuana will be on November's ballot. Mississippi voters will be asked Tuesday, November 3, whether they support legalizing…