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Morgan Freeman adds his voice to improving education
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Melanie Thortis / © The...
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JPS Commission gets to work
For those who consider school children one of the state’s most priceless possessions, it makes sense that a group deciding the fate of Jackson Public Schools took would meet at an art museum. R.L....
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‘There is no fight’– State Board of Ed says there’s no battle over JPS
Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi State Board of Education met Thursday. In a meeting filled with talk of federal grants and a forensic audit, the State Board of Education also took...
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Historic trail celebrates success of country music in Mississippi
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Nashville might get credit for being...
View ArticleWhat is the perfect education funding formula? Experts can’t agree
Three education advocates and a state senator each agree the current school funding formula needs work but differ on what needs to change and why. Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, Nancy Loome, Grant...
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State was great; Alabama was better
STARKVILLE — With 14 minutes, 13 seconds to play on a cool, crisp Saturday night in Stark Vegas, Mississippi State took a 24-17 lead over Alabama. And we need some added perspective here, because that...
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School grading system is fair, clear, report says, but forces focus on low...
All schools in Mississippi are capable of earning good ratings under the state’s grading system, but the model does not encourage schools to focus on all students, according to a new national report....
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Gov. Bryant’s budget calls for free community college, cuts to some agencies
Rogelio V. Solis, APMississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, foreground, looks into the House chamber gallery after delivering his State of the State address Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, before a joint session of...
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Mental Health Dept. cuts more jobs to comply with federal rule
Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi TodayEllisville State School Human Resources Director Stephen Smith (left) and Department of Mental Health Human Resources Director Toni Johnson present a reduction in...
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‘We can’t get this done without you’: JPS commission urges community involvement
Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi TodayThe Better Together Commission met for the second time on Nov. 16, 2017. The Jackson Public School District will not see transformative change without the community’s...
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Music is the ‘cultural jewel’ that Mississippi gave to the world
Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Elvis Presley. All world-class musicians. All Mississippians. Their musical legacy — and many more Mississippians who were pioneers of America’s music — are being honored on a...
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Lumumba, advocates fire back at feds’ claim Jackson is a ‘sanctuary’ city
Kendra Ablaza, Mississippi TodayImmigration advocates criticized the Justice Department move to defund so-called sanctuary cities. From left: Bill Chander, L. Patricia Ice and Brenda Scott, officials...
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Jackson State shocks arch-rival Alcorn, sparks hope for future
Rick Cleveland, Mississippi TodayJSU coach Tony Hughes gets a hug from junior wide receiver Romello Shumake during the post-game celebration. Jackson State players embraced one another and bear-hugged...
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Historic trail celebrates success of country music in Mississippi
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Nashville might get credit for being...
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Gov. Bryant returns to Nigel Farage radio show in London to boost Trump
Gov. Phil Bryant, in London this week, boosted President Donald Trump on Brexit co-leader Nigel Farage’s radio show. Bryant, who paired Farage and Trump for the first time in Mississippi in 2016,...
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Jackson readies response to feds as judge halts Trump ‘sanctuary city’ order
In the midst of a federal court ruling in California this week blocking the Trump Administration from withholding federal funds from jurisdictions it deems as “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants,...
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Overdose deaths this year already surpass 2016 numbers
Two hundred and twenty people have died of a drug overdose so far in 2017, nine more than died of an overdose in all of 2016. The increase in deaths, based on numbers reported to the Mississippi Bureau...
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Clarksdale art class thrives amid tight school budgets; students’ talent on...
CLARKSDALE – When visitors walk through the doors into Clarksdale High School, they immediately notice a straight line of 14 colorful celebrity portraits such as mainstream rapper Lil Wayne, basketball...
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Historic trail celebrates success of country music in Mississippi
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Nashville might get credit for being...
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Morgan Freeman adds his voice to improving education
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Melanie Thortis / © The...
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