Education Roundup: Risks Remain After MUW Merger Fails, School Funding Debate Ongoing
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
Attorneys arguing that Mississippi’s state House and Senate maps are illegal racial gerrymanders are making closing arguments.
Mississippi University for Women could be merged into Mississippi State University under a bill lawmakers will soon vote on.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called renewed efforts for a state takeover of Jackson’s water system an “effort to seize control of a Black city.”
Mississippi Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson, said he doubts a bill to close three universities will survive a legislative deadline Tuesday.
A vote to expand Medicaid to at least 200,000 people won a veto-proof majority in the Mississippi House on Wednesday afternoon. It’s the first time either legislative chamber in Mississippi has taken a vote on Medicaid expansion since it became an option under former President Barack Obama’s 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Mississippi House is preparing to debate expanding Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in the poorest state in the nation.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves urged lawmakers to use public education funds for private schools during his State of the State Address.
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to raise shoplifting fines, create an alert system for people with disabilities and reform prior authorizations.
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