Statewide News
GREGORY NAMED AMONG MBJ’S TOP 40 UNDER 40
Mississippi Main Street Association’s Executive Director Thomas Gregory was recently named among the Mississippi Business Journal’s (MBJ’s) 2023 Top 40 Under 40 award honorees. MBJ’s Top 40 Under...
Bill’s mandatory minimum sentences would worsen state’s soaring prison population, criminal justice advocates say
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Legislation awaiting Gov. Tate Reeves' signature would set mandatory minimum sentences for carjacking and fleeing law enforcement – a move that...
Some are jailed in Mississippi for months without a lawyer. The state Supreme Court just barred that.
by Caleb Bedillion and Taylor Vance, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi Today April 14, 2023 Poor defendants in Mississippi are routinely jailed for months, and sometimes even years,...
One last effort to explain MAEP to Speaker Gunn
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 16, 2023 Responding to questions from members of the media recently about funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, House Speaker Philip Gunn,...
MDE provides update on schools impacted by tornadoes
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is announcing that as of today, all school districts impacted by the March 24 tornadoes and storms have resumed classes except for South Delta School...
Will Gov. Reeves break out his veto stamp on Legislature’s ‘Christmas tree’ bill of pet projects?
by Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 12, 2023 In their final act of the 2023 session, in the wee hours of the morning April 1, Mississippi lawmakers passed a "Christmas tree"...