By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi has filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to end federal court oversight of the State’s child welfare system that resulted from the 2004 Olivia Y. lawsuit....
By Catherine McPhate, Executive Director of Natchez Children’s Services The most important work in child protection rarely makes headlines. It happens quietly, behind closed doors, where law enforcement, social workers, prosecutors, and counselors come...
The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is delighted to announce it has received a very generous grant from BlackRock to expand financial literacy education opportunities for K-12 Mississippi teachers and students statewide. This investment comes...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune After a decade of efforts by attorneys general across the nation, the $7.4 billion opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma was deemed legally effective earlier this month. Of that total, Mississippi is anticipated to...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the liability order in Mississippi’s state Supreme Court judicial redistricting case. The move comes after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v....
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune During the month of May, the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Mental Health and the Postpartum Support Initiative Mississippi are teaming up to share the benefits of helping expectant...
