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In December 2024, Lakiyah Green, was an expectant mother who attended a parenting workshop at Bolivar County Library in Cleveland, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Bills to allow more certified nurse midwives to practice in Mississippi died in committee Tuesday, two weeks after the state was named in a federal lawsuit over how it restricts access to midwives in a place with some of the worst outcomes for mothers and babies.
By Sophia Paffenroth - Mississippi Today on
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House Education Chairman Rob Roberson, R-Starkville (left) and Jansen Owen, R-Poplarville, listen as other legislators ask questions of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Early Childhood Development Laurie Todd-Smith (left) and Lindsey Burke, deputy chief of staff for policy and programs at the U.S. Dept. of Education, during the legislative school choice subcommittee meeting at the State Capitol, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The House legislation also includes a provision that would allow lawmakers to give assistant teachers a pay raise.
The House is considering giving all Mississippi public school teachers a $5,000 annual pay raise starting next school year, a move that’s been long-called for by the state’s educators.
The bill would raise the state’s minimum annual teacher salary from $41,500 to $46,500, and would give special-education teachers an extra $3,000 a year.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
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House Education Chairman Rob Roberson, R-Starkville (left) and Jansen Owen, R-Poplarville, listen as other legislators ask questions of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Early Childhood Development Laurie Todd-Smith (left) and Lindsey Burke, deputy chief of staff for policy and programs at the U.S. Dept. of Education, during the legislative school choice subcommittee meeting at the State Capitol, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The House legislation also includes a provision that would allow lawmakers to give assistant teachers a pay raise.
The House is considering giving all Mississippi public school teachers a $5,000 annual pay raise starting next school year, a move that’s been long-called for by the state’s educators.
The bill would raise the state’s minimum annual teacher salary from $41,500 to $46,500, and would give special-education teachers an extra $3,000 a year.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
PCS celebrated a joyous signing day on Wednesday as six-student athletes officially signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Surrounded by family, teammates and coaches, the signees put pen to paper in a ceremony that highlighted not only individual accomplishments, but the continued growth of PCS athletics.
By DIMA MIXON on
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Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
PCS celebrated a joyous signing day on Wednesday as six-student athletes officially signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Surrounded by family, teammates and coaches, the signees put pen to paper in a ceremony that highlighted not only individual accomplishments, but the continued growth of PCS athletics.
By DIMA MIXON on
2 months ago
Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
PCS celebrated a joyous signing day on Wednesday as six-student athletes officially signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Surrounded by family, teammates and coaches, the signees put pen to paper in a ceremony that highlighted not only individual accomplishments, but the continued growth of PCS athletics.
By DIMA MIXON on
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Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
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Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Southern Miss commit Talik Parkman signs at Sumrall.
By DIMA MIXON on
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Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
The Mississippi Democratic Party took a victory lap late Tuesday, following the Senate Education Committee’s vote to killing the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a proposal that had the support of President Donald Trump, Governor Tate Reeves, House Speaker Jason White and the Mississippi Republican Party.
Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killing the measure.
By Jeremy Pittari and Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
The Mississippi Democratic Party took a victory lap late Tuesday, following the Senate Education Committee’s vote to killing the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a proposal that had the support of President Donald Trump, Governor Tate Reeves, House Speaker Jason White and the Mississippi Republican Party.
Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killing the measure.
By Jeremy Pittari and Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
The Mississippi Democratic Party took a victory lap late Tuesday, following the Senate Education Committee’s vote to killing the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a proposal that had the support of President Donald Trump, Governor Tate Reeves, House Speaker Jason White and the Mississippi Republican Party.
Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killing the measure.
By Jeremy Pittari and Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R- Brookhaven, during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, in 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
By Mina Corpuz and Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project - Mississippi Today on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R- Brookhaven, during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, in 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
By Mina Corpuz and Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project - Mississippi Today on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R- Brookhaven, during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, in 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
By Mina Corpuz and Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project - Mississippi Today on
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Rick Cleveland has watched all the 59 previous Super Bowls, 30 in person – always in pursuit of all the Mississippi angles. His memories are many.
By Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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Rick Cleveland has watched all the 59 previous Super Bowls, 30 in person – always in pursuit of all the Mississippi angles. His memories are many.
By Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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Rick Cleveland has watched all the 59 previous Super Bowls, 30 in person – always in pursuit of all the Mississippi angles. His memories are many.
By Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Rick Cleveland has watched all the 59 previous Super Bowls, 30 in person – always in pursuit of all the Mississippi angles. His memories are many.
By Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
