Mississippi’s public-school teachers will receive an average $5,140 pay raise this year, and assistant teachers will enjoy a $2,000 pay bump this year after Gov. Tate Reeves signed the START Act into law.
State Auditor Shad White said the Mississippi Department of Education limited school laptop purchases to two vendors, Apple and an Illinois vendor. State Superintendent Carey Wright denied it. Either way, now those limitations are no more.
Jayden Woullard, a rising senior at Murrah High School in Jackson, said she was mid-shift at Whataburger when Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of
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