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At Bates Elementary School, Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba announced the arrival of distance-learning kits …

• June 2, 2020

Sesame Street Donates Books to Jackson Children Facing Digital Divide

Sesame Street has provided learning supplies for children across the Jackson Public School District who do not have internet access at home, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba announced at a press …

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has provided 1,500 distance learning kits to …

• June 1, 2020

Sesame Workshop in Jackson, Babalu Reopens and Fresh Market Father's Day Meals

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has provided 1,500 distance learning kits to the City to provide JPS students with continuous learning opportunities amid COVID-19-related school closures.

Photo courtesy State of Mississippi

• June 1, 2020

Mississippi completes its reopening strategy today, with no sign of COVID-19 abatement. Photo courtesy MSDH

• June 1, 2020

Mississippi Fully Reopens Today After Biggest Week of COVID-19 Cases, Yet

Today marks the “final stage” in Gov. Tate Reeves’ order to reopen the state. All businesses may now open, and the state’s schools may proceed with summer programs.

The changes were announced about 10 days after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves announced that he …

• June 1, 2020

Mississippi to Restart Inmate Transfers, with Virus Caution

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections says it will soon restart the transfer of inmates from county jails into state prisons and from one prison to another—a …

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Greg Michel said people with damaged homes were sent to …

• June 1, 2020

Mississippi Emergency Leaders: Add Masks to Hurricane Prep

Emergency management officials in Mississippi say that as coastal states face a double threat from hurricane season and the new coronavirus, people need to add masks and other personal protective …

The words “spiritual genocide” in black spray paint, along with red handprints, stained the sides …

• June 1, 2020

Protesters in Some Cities Target Confederate Monuments

Protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck, targeted Confederate monuments in …

On the status of state tax collections, Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn recently told The …

• June 1, 2020

Analysis: Budget Writing Complicated by Pandemic Revenue Dip

Mississippi tax collections were robust for the first several months of the budget year that started last July 1. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, businesses were hobbled by government shutdown …

Petal Mayor Hal Marx, who caused an outrage with his tweets about the death of …

• June 1, 2020

Mississippi Mayor Apologizes for Tweets on George Floyd

A white Mississippi mayor who caused an outrage with his tweets about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has apologized but says he won’t resign, prompting protesters to return …

At 439 Cases, COVID-19 Hits Another High Just Before 'Safe Return' Kicks In

On Friday, testing confirmed that 439 new people have COVID-19 in the state of Mississippi, the highest one-day total since the Mississippi State Department of Health began reporting test results. …

The average number of daily cases of COVID-19 spiked this past week.

• May 30, 2020

The Mississippi State Department of Health Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children …

• May 29, 2020