by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 27, 2023 All Mississippi appellate judges up for reelection in 2024 plan to seek another term on the state’s two highest courts. Four justices on the Mississippi Supreme Court and three judges on the Mississippi Court of...
Fireworks were involved with over 10,000 injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments during 2022, according to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children are especially at risk for injury. The report states that those 15 to 19 years of...
by Ilyssa Daly, Jerry Mitchell and Rachel Axon, Mississippi Today December 28, 2023 As Marquise Tillman led deputies on a high-speed chase through rural Mississippi in March 2019, Sheriff Todd Kemp issued a blunt order over the radio: “Shut him down and beat his ass.”...
The incoming Mississippi superintendent of education, Lance Evans, recently shared his vision and objectives for his tenure, which officially begins in July 2024. Speaking in an online press conference on December 21, Evans expressed his pride in his home state and...
By Douglas Carswell We’ve all heard of the ‘success sequence’, right? This is the idea that if someone manages to achieve three things – finish high school, get a full-time job and get married before having kids – they will avoid poverty. According to lots of...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today December 26, 2023 Mississippi school districts’ average internet bandwidth was 20 times lower than neighboring states in the 2021-22 school year, according to a report from a legislative watchdog committee. The Joint Legislative...
