Statewide News
For many Mississippi students, summer meant one last chance to be promoted to fourth grade
by Alivia Welch, The Hechinger Report, Mississippi Today August 14, 2023 Each year, more than 30,000 third graders in Mississippi gear up to take a statewide reading test, part of the state’s...
Mississippi Trucking Association Foundation awarded 36 scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year- Local Resident Awarded
Over thirty-four years ago, the Mississippi Trucking Association Foundation Scholarship Program was created. The primary objective of the Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charitable corporation designed to...
How will PFAS regulations affect Mississippi’s water providers, ratepayers?
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today August 12, 2023 As public pressure mounts to reduce the threat of PFAS in drinking water, local utilities around the country are unsure how soon they can comply...
Republican voters deliver fatal blow to Mississippi’s far-right conservative movement
by Taylor Vance and Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today August 11, 2023 A candidate’s concession speech usually reveals a lot about how a person will handle an election loss. They can use their words...
Gov. Reeves gets big primary win, but was it big enough to give confidence for November?
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 13, 2023 Soon after Gov. Tate Reeves was declared the winner of Tuesday’s primary, the Mississippi Republican Party congratulated him for “a decisive...
MDAC Staff Appointed Chairman of National Conference on Weights and Measures
Gene Robertson, Deputy Director of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s (MDAC) Bureau of Regulatory Services, was named Chairman of the National Conference on Weights and...
