by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley called for fully funding public schools and increasing teacher pay as he laid out his education policy priorities in a Monday town hall. Presley, who is challenging...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said last week he is eager to have debates with his Democratic challenger Brandon Presley and that his campaign was working with Presley’s to make them happen. But a...
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson appointed Hayes Patrick as deputy commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) on September 1. Patrick served as executive director of the Mississippi Agriculture and...
by Taylor Vance September 27, 2023 For the first time in Mississippi’s history, a runoff election could determine the outcome of the governor’s race. For more than a century, the state’s 1890 constitution required candidates for statewide office to accomplish...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 The U.S. Department of Education has placed Mississippi’s public university system under a form of oversight that restricts the flow of federal financial aid dollars and hinders the creation of new academic...
The Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi held its second meeting at the State Capitol on September 27. The Mississippi Legislature created this Study Committee through House Bill 280, 2023 Legislative Session, for the purpose of studying the...
