Statewide News
Mississippi House proposes ambitious package of school choice reforms
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...
Mississippi Writers Guild: Looking at the past, anticipating the future
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...
Senate committee wastes no time in passing bill aimed at shoring up PERS
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...
Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward
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,...
Wicker commends capture of “illegitimate Venezuelan dictator” as Thompson calls U.S. action an “illegal attack”
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune American military forces captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in an early Saturday morning raid. The two now faces...
Things to do in the Magnolia State this January 2026
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune It’s a new year, and with that comes all the promise and hope of great things to come. If you’ve made resolutions, hopefully one of them is to...