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House Education Committee hears arguments for, against school choice

House Education Committee hears arguments for, against school choice

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 9, 2026 | Statewide

By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune     Members of the Mississippi House Education Committee heard testimony from parents and others invested in education about the potential impacts school choice may have on the state during a hearing held Wednesday...
HHS & USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines for Americans

HHS & USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines for Americans

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 9, 2026 | Statewide

  This week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a new federal nutrition policy that...
Mississippi House proposes ambitious package of school choice reforms

Mississippi House proposes ambitious package of school choice reforms

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Statewide

By: Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune     The kitchen sink. It’s arguably the only thing missing from the Mississippi House of Representatives long awaited school choice proposal. Among the proposals contained in the omnibus bill, HB2, are: An Education Savings...
Mississippi Writers Guild: Looking at the past, anticipating the future

Mississippi Writers Guild: Looking at the past, anticipating the future

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Statewide

By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune       In Mississippi, where storytelling spreads like kudzu, the Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG) has become the water helping writers to grow and flourish. Since its founding in 2005, the Guild has consistently...
Senate committee wastes no time in passing bill aimed at shoring up PERS

Senate committee wastes no time in passing bill aimed at shoring up PERS

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Statewide

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     The Mississippi Senate Appropriations Committee took less than five minutes Tuesday afternoon to approve transferring hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds to shore up the Public Employees’ Retirement System,...
Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward

Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Statewide

By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune     On the first day of Mississippi’s 2026 legislative session, the Senate Education Committee kicked things off by sending three bills to the floor, each intended to strengthen the state’s K-12 public school system...
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