Alternate-Route Education Programs Target Mississippi’s Teacher Shortage
Alternate-route teacher-preparation programs such as the Mississippi Teacher Corps are one way Mississippi is combating its teacher-shortage issues.
Alternate-route teacher-preparation programs such as the Mississippi Teacher Corps are one way Mississippi is combating its teacher-shortage issues.
Mississippi continues to lead the nation in infant deaths, a Sept. 12, 2023, report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s decision to hire Steve Hutton, who pleaded guilty to charges of promoting prostitution in 2021, as the City’s new interim director of parks and recreation is drawing criticism in Mississippi’s capital.
Mississippi’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increased 145% amid a late summer spike in cases between July 29 and Aug. 29, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows.
The Mississippi Free Press asked a court on Monday to hold that Mississippi House Republican Caucus meetings must be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act. Last year, the full Mississippi Ethics Commission rejected the Mississippi Free Press’ argument and declared that the Legislature is not a “public body” under the law.
As the Magnolia State continues to lead the nation in stillbirth rates, the Mississippi State Department of Health is aiming to save 124 babies’ lives
Jackson Parks and Recreation Director Ison Harris Jr. has resigned after eight years with the department, Mayor Chokwe Lumumb’s office announced in a statement on
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves claimed in an Aug. 28, 2023 tweet that his Democratic opponent, Brandon Presley, had called on him to disassociate from donors to the University of Southern Mississippi and that he had called all USM supporters “corrupt” in relation to the state’s $77 million welfare scandal.
Democrat Ty Pinkins will replace Shuwaski Young as the party’s secretary of state candidate on the Nov. 7 general election ballot, the Mississippi Democratic Party announced Thursday at a press conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday.
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