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Voting rights rally to be held at state capitol in honor of MLK and Robert G. Clark Jr.
The Mississippi Center for Justice will host an MLK Day rally and news conference on the south steps of the state capitol at 3pm on Monday, Jan.
Mississippi’s data center boom and growing national opposition
State is betting billions in tax breaks, but critics warn that data centers bring few jobs and carry high infrastructure and environmental costs
Update: In razor-close vote, House passes sweeping school choice bill
The Mississippi House of Representatives on Thursday passed House Bill 2 by a vote of 60–58, advancing House Speaker Jason White’s sweeping school…
 • Derrion Arrington
Louisiana’s U.S. Supreme Court case could reshape hard-won voting rights in Mississippi
The most significant Black political gains Mississippi has made in a generation were won under a law the U.S.
 • Derrion Arrington
State residents join forces to commemorate, protest Renee Good's ICE killing
Mississippians this weekend honored the life of Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother of three gunned down by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent…
 • Kathleen O'Beirne
New York Times: Mississippi elementary schools show dramatic improvement despite underfunding
Schools in the nation’s poorest state have “skyrocketed on national tests” despite underfunding and previous low performance, the New York Times…
Lieutenant governor’s embrace of school choice worries public school advocates
When Lt.
 • Derrion Arrington
Foreign doctors keep rural Mississippi’s medical facilities open, but new federal policies may cut them off
Mississippi is not a state that can afford to lose more doctors or medical facilities, and many rural hospitals are already struggling to survive. Rural…
 • Christopher Harress
House Education Committee to hold hearing on proposals some say will starve public schools of funding
The hearing, on Wed., Jan. 7, is open to the public
Lawmakers to revisit familiar, fraught endeavor: consolidating state agencies and boards
2026 legislative session begins today
 • Derrion Arrington
Legislature will debate restoring ballot initiative–again
When lawmakers return to the Mississippi Capitol this month, they will once again confront a question that has divided the legislature since 2021…
 • Derrion Arrington

December 2025

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