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Reporters will be welcome from now on at meetings of a task force convened by …

MS Uniform Per Student Funding Formula (HB 957)

National

Sessions Interviewed by Mueller Team in Russia Investigation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. He's the highest-ranking Trump administration official and first …

Sessions was one of Trump's earliest and most loyal allies, the first senator to endorse …

Politics

University Funding Cuts Prompt Talk of Tuition Hikes, Consolidation

Most of the state's public university and college presidents crowded into the Mississippi House of Representatives' appropriations room on Monday with a united message.

IHL Commissioner Glenn Boyce told lawmakers on Monday that it is getting difficult for Mississippi's …

Biz Roundup

Fondren Renovations, Skinny Sips and 1 Million Cups' New Season

Jackson's Fondren neighborhood recently began an overhaul as part of the Fondren Streetscape Project, which will reconstruct sidewalks throughout the Fondren Business District.

Jackson's Fondren neighborhood recently began an overhaul as part of the Fondren Streetscape Project, which …

Person of the Day

Abram Orlansky

Attorney Abram Orlansky has been the director of Jewish Cinema Mississippi for the past three years.

Photo courtesy Abram Orlansky

Education

Breach at Testing Vendor Exposes Mississippi Students' Data

Mississippi education officials say a data breach at a testing vendor exposed information from 663 students in Tupelo and Jefferson County.

State Superintendent Carey Wright says Minnesota-based Questar Assessment believes an unauthorized user gained access to …

City & County

JPS Reopens Despite 27 Schools With Little to No Water Pressure

In what seems like old news, Jackson's water issues persist into this week. Except this time students have returned to schools with little to no water pressure, and the Jackson …

Constituent Services Manager Keyshia Sanders said the City of Jackson delivered water this morning to …

Education

Vouchers Could Extend to Any Public School Student Under New Bill

Just before Gov. Phil Bryant declared Jan. 21-27 "School Choice Week," Sen. Gray Tollison's, R-Oxford, voucher-expansion bill dropped. The legislation would vastly expand the use of vouchers—a way to use …