Statewide News
Mississippi Council on Economic Education Receives Transformational Grant from BlackRock to Expand Financial Literacy Education Across Mississippi
The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is delighted to announce it has received a very generous grant from BlackRock to expand financial literacy education opportunities for...
Mississippi expected to receive $40.9 million in Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune After a decade of efforts by attorneys general across the nation, the $7.4 billion opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma was deemed legally...
Fifth Circuit vacates order requiring Mississippi to redraw state Supreme Court districts
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the liability order in Mississippi’s state Supreme Court judicial redistricting case. The move comes...
State agencies team up to promote maternal mental health care
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune During the month of May, the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Mental Health and the Postpartum Support Initiative...
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune For 61-year-old Nikkie, receiving a second chance at employment after being sentenced for embezzlement is life-affirming. “The two biggest benefits...
Thompson says SCOTUS Callais ruling “equivalent to a second Civil War”
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson went on Al Sharpton’s MS NOW “Politics Nation” this week to compare the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling...