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Resolution Drops to Change Mississippi Flag, Interfaith Leaders Call For Change
Mississippi legislators began a formal process to change the state flag today with an ambitious attempt to revive Senate Bill 2446, which would put an end to the Confederate symbolism …
Crime
Criminal Justice Reform Alive at Capitol, But Gang Bill, Teacher Pay Raises Dead for Now
Mississippi legislators’ ambitious plans for funding initiatives like state employee and teacher pay raises have taken a backseat to dealing with the coronavirus crisis, which is obliterating both state revenues …
Politics
UPDATE: Senate Confirms Burl Cain To Lead State Prisons
A lightning-quick committee hearing placed ex-Angola warden Burl Cain on track to command the Mississippi Department of Corrections on June 16. The next day, the full Senate confirmed him for …
coronavirus
Mississippi Saw 489 COVID-19 Infections Tuesday, State May Not Be Reporting All Cases
Mississippi saw 489 new cases of COVID-19 as of the end of Tuesday, June 16, one of the highest single-day counts on the records since the crisis started in the …
Education
UM Confederate Statue to Move to Cemetery; Some Fear IHL Building New ‘Shrine’
The Confederate monument at the heart of the University of Mississippi campus will move to the Confederate graveyard elsewhere on campus, 114 years after its construction.
coronavirus
UPDATE: 1646 New Cases of COVID-19 Since Jun 17
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting a severe “data processing” issue preventing the release of new COVID-19 information that has persisted since the middle of last week, meaning …
coronavirus
State Health Officer Warns in Interview: Prepare For Overwhelmed Hospitals by Fall
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs has led Mississippi’s response to COVID-19 since the first days of the crisis. Now, facing spiking metrics in all of the state’s key indicators …
Politics
Legislature In Overtime, Criminal Justice Reform Top Priority
Efforts to change the Mississippi flag first appeared stalled out: Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann condemned the effort to a committee, which showed no intention of calling it up.
Politics
‘About Healing and Reconciliation’: Legislative Fight For New State Flag Continues
A raft of Democratic legislators joined House Democratic Leader Rep. Robert Johnson III in calling for a new state flag yesterday.
coronavirus
Mississippi’s Healthcare System In Imminent Danger, Stressed MSDH Officials Warn
Mississippi’s health-care system is rapidly approaching catastrophe, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs warned Thursday—not in a matter of months, but in a matter of weeks.
Politics
‘Today I Feel Like a Mississippian’: State Flag Consigned to History in Bipartisan Vote
The contentious Mississippi state flag is officially no more today, consigned to history after a legislative supermajority voted Sunday to retire it for good.
National
Texts Reveal Volker's Role in Ukraine Talks, His BGR Role Still Unclear
The labyrinth of allegations swirling around Donald Trump administration's Ukraine dealings has only deepened since this newspaper's initial coverage of the Mississippi connections, direct and indirect, to the controversy last …
Education
UM Faculty Senate Votes 'No Confidence' In IHL; Media Leak 'Suspicious'
The Faculty Senate of the University of Mississippi passed a resolution late last night declaring "no confidence" in the Institutions of Higher Learning board's search process to find a replacement …
Education
DOSSIER: IHL Document Dump Raises Questions About Boyce Role
In the course of my investigation into the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, multiple sources have repeated a simple refrain: The IHL's conduct in the Ole Miss chancellor search process …
Education
Past Never Dead: UM Academic Freedom In Limbo?
"You better watch your back. I'm coming for you," a voice growled through the receiver. The caller then hung up, leaving Dr. James Thomas alone in his University of Mississippi …
Politics
UPDATED: After JFP Query, Child Protection Agency Says PEER Miscalculated Data
PEER, a legislative committee intended to improve the "economy, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability" of state agencies, found in its annual review of MDCPS that the turnover rate rose from 21% …
Politics
Support or Separation in Foster Care? Summit Explores Problems, Solutions
Neglect, not abuse, causes 75% of family separations in the nation's child-welfare system, and that neglect is often tied to poverty, Jerry Milner, acting commissioner of the U.S. Administration for …
Education
Teacher Pay Raises a Top Priority for New Session, Reeves and Hosemann Say
Teacher pay raises could be one of the first big achievements of the 2020 legislative session, multiple lawmakers say.
Immigration
ICE Raids Show ‘Christian Crisis in America,’ Guatemalan Cardinal Says in Jackson
Guatemalan Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini called for a renewed humanity in the nation’s treatment of immigrants in Jackson last week before going to Carthage to meet people affected by massive, statewide …
Politics
Statewide Gas Taxes a Bridge Too Far for Lt. Gov.-elect Hosemann
Lt. Gov.-elect Delbert Hosemann will not consider raising gas taxes statewide in 2020, he told the press on Dec. 17. But he is opening the door for county supervisors to …
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