Statewide News
Mississippi Postsecondary Attainment Council tasked with connecting schools, businesses, state agencies
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi is facing a decline in the number of young people entering the state’s education pipeline. That is a cause for concern for the future of...
Ole Miss literacy center, School of Education, statewide partners make early reading success the new normal
By Marisa Atkinson, Magnolia Tribune The dramatic improvement in Mississippi’s early literacy rates has grabbed national attention, spotlighting the work of statewide partnerships to...
Too Big to Default
By Kelley Williams, Chair Bigger Pie Forum The 2008 subprime crisis caused the U.S. to rescue financial institutions deemed too big to fail. The cost was socialized on taxpayers. A...
Blockades, Bottlenecks and Bullet Proof Stocks
By Ashby Foote The 2nd Quarter did not disappoint for drama or trauma. On 13 April the U.S. initiated a three Carrier Strike Force blockade of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of...
Youth court reform bill passes Mississippi Senate, House
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers are revamping Mississippi’s youth court system during the special session called this week by Governor Tate Reeves (R). Both chambers...
Mississippi hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982. Scott Colom believes he will change that in November
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune To hear Scott Colom tell it, his decision to run for U.S. Senate against Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, did not come about from being recruited by...