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Private-School Voucher Bill Dies in Mississippi Senate; House Passes $5,000 Teacher Pay Raise
Mississippi will not expand its school voucher program to use public tax dollars for private school tuition after the Mississippi Senate Education Committee killed the House’s massive education package, House Bill 2, on Tuesday.
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FEMA Approves $11M in Expedited Aid for Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana After Winter Storm Fern
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday that it will deliver more than $11 million in combined emergency-assistance funding to Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana to expedite immediate disaster response following a debilitating winter storm.
Culture
Hattiesburg Social-Work Student Leads Effort to Feed 68 Families After SNAP Cuts
In response to SNAP cuts affecting many Mississippian families’ food security, social-work student Rosemary Panella worked with the Oseola McCarty Youth Development Center to organize a food drive that helped feed 68 families in November 2025.
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Editor’s Note | Hiding Black History Will Never Erase It
Features Editor Nate Schumann discusses a recent incident in Philadelphia involving the federal censorship of “unfavorable” U.S. history, particularly Black history. “Heaven forbid we acknowledge that those who established the United States of America weren’t the ‘heroes’ (those) who mistake nationalism for patriotism want them to be perceived as,” he…
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Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 108 Honors for MFP Team, 8 for YMP, Since 2020
As of July 25, 2025, our team is up to 108 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Democrats Block Funding Bills, Demand Restrictions on ICE as Negotiations to Avert Shutdown Continue
Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to press for restrictions to…
Situation in Mississippi Grows More Dire After Days of Ice, Outages and a Rising Death Toll
Mississippi dispatchers are fielding desperate calls for medication or oxygen from people stuck in their homes in a state where 100,000 remained without power amid…
Ted DiBiase Jr. Trial Delayed; Lawyer Alleges That Officials ‘Fabricated Evidence,’ ‘Destroyed Recordings’
The trial of Ted DiBiase Jr., the former wrestler accused of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government amid the Mississippi welfare scandal, will not continue…
Mississippi Sending 135 Snowplows to Help Clear Ice and Snow From Traffic-Clogged Highways
Mississippi officials said they were sending 135 snowplows Wednesday to clear ice and snow from two interstate highways where frozen conditions caused huge traffic jams.