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Health Care
Confronting the Realities of Autism
For Angela Douglas, the realities of autism are all around her at work and at home. As an advocate at Disability Rights Mississippi in Gulfport, Douglas works with parents whose …
Economy
Jobs, Budgets and Preparing for 2017
If the Mississippi state budget is a "moral document" or at least one that reveals priorities, the fiscal-year 2018 budget likely faces dramatic tampering in the upcoming legislative session.
Education
Creating a Hub for Early Learning and Creativity
For children not at regular daycare centers, options like "ABC, Come Play with Me" give parents a break from teaching their children at home and provide new ideas for preparing …
Health Care
State Settles Kids’ Mental Health Litigation
After seven years of litigation, one Mississippi teenager will finally get to move from the East Mississippi State Hospital to a regional center that provides services for those with intellectual …
Health Care
Navigating Mississippi’s Opioid Epidemic
Marsha Stone made it out of college, but not without a drug and alcohol addiction she could not shake. She found herself at the age of 24 with three children …
Politics
The Final Stretch: Budget Cuts, Tax Breaks and Bills Becoming Law
Late into Monday night, Mississippi lawmakers managed to pass a strained budget, a $415 million tax cut and $250 million in bonds before midnight to meet Monday's deadline for budget …
Business
State Green Lights Uber, Overrides Local Control, Regulations
Uber has the green light to operate statewide, after a bill implementing statewide regulations soared through the Legislature this session largely uncontested.
Cover
MAEP: The Formula and How Politics Got in the Way
The state Legislature established the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, or MAEP, in 1997 to avoid equity lawsuits being filed across the country.
State
Settlement: State Has One Year to Improve Foster Care After Maltreatment
Mississippi's newly formed Department of Child Protection Services will have a year to revamp the state's foster-care system, due to the long-running "Olivia Y" lawsuit over maltreatment of children in …
City & County
JPS: School Bond Issue to Go Before Jackson Voters this Summer
District leaders and school board members are preparing to bring a bond issue to Jackson voters, likely in June, to keep Jackson Public Schools' current millage rate—and tax rate for …
City & County
Encouraging Mississippians to 'Think Again' About Mental Illness
It was a blistering morning, but people from state government, nonprofit and advocacy organizations gathered at the Capitol to launch a public-health campaign, encouraging Mississippians to "think again" about their …
Politics
Mississippi Will Receive $4.7 Million to Secure Elections
Mississippi county election commissions will be able to apply to the secretary of state's office for federal grant funds to secure elections this year.
Jacksonian
Lilli Evans Bass
Lilli Evans Bass says that Jackson is and always will be home for her. That's why, even after receiving her law degree at the University of Mississippi in 2008, she …
Education
MDE Chief: New Test Scores Show Schools Have 'Long Way to Go'
Mississippi's second round of testing for third through eighth graders left room for improvement and growth, top state education officials said.
Education
Groups Blasts Pre-K Program Report as 'Ill-Conceived'
Education policy groups backed up the Mississippi Department of Education and its state superintendent by lambasting a recent report on the state's new pre-kindergarten pilot program.
Jacksonian
Tasha Rollins
I used to think Jackson is boring—and it's not," Tasha Rollins says. She has seen Jackson change as she grew up, but she says that it still has that kind …
Politics
Tim Johnson Challenges Tate Reeves to Debate(s)
Tim Johnson, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, wants to debate Tate Reeves, the Republican incumbent.
City & County
An Immigration Fight on Multiple Fronts
The City of Jackson's anti-profiling ordinance will stay on the books, as far as Chokwe A. Lumumba is concerned.
Politics
What Legislation Is Still Alive; What's Dead at the Capitol
Lawmakers have about a week to pass hundreds of bills out of each chamber, after committee chairmen and women made their first round of cuts to proposed legislation this year.
Crime
Gang Bill Could Increase Prison Costs, Disparately Affect African Americans
Proposed legislation to crack down on gangs statewide could lead to increased prison costs, a move that would counteract the state's progress in decreasing the number of inmates—and taxpayer dollars …
