Statewide News
House Education Committee hears arguments for, against school choice
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Members of the Mississippi House Education Committee heard testimony from parents and others invested in education about the potential impacts...
HHS & USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
This week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins released the 2025-2030...
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,...