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Curtis Wilkie: President Biden should step aside to protect his country and his legacy
President Joe Biden should not run for reelection for the good of the country and to preserve his legacy, longtime journalist Curtis Wilkie writes. The post Curtis Wilkie: President Biden should step aside to protect his country and his legacy appeared first on Mississippi Today.
Mississippi Today journalists win 2024 Green Eyeshade Awards
Mississippi Today has been recognized in multiple categories of the 2024 Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Awards, a prestigious annual competition that recognizes the best journalism in the Southeast. The awards honor journalism published in 2023 and are open to journalists and news organizations from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,...
DUI charge against state Sen. Michael McLendon dismissed
A judge has dismissed a driving-under-the-influence charge in Alabama against Mississippi state Sen. Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, according to court records. Baldwin County, Alabama, District Judge George Elbrecht in an order dismissed the charge after McLendon’s attorney made an oral motion in court to dismiss the charge. The brief, one-page...
Program aimed at increasing access to prenatal care pending federal approval
Pregnancy presumptive eligibility in Mississippi is still not in effect, despite becoming law July 1. However, the Division of Medicaid said it has cleared several administrative hurdles and is awaiting action from the federal government. But a discrepancy between state and federal law may delay the process further. Legislators wrote...
Federal grant funds professional growth for Mississippi Delta STEM teachers
Delta State University has launched a new program to help STEM teachers in the Delta. The Collaborative for Rural STEM Education program provides resources and professional development. Its funding comes from a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This year’s program has 22 teachers from 12 districts,...
For young Konnor Griffin, MLB Draft night could not have gone much better
First things first: Jackson Prep baseball phenom Konnor Griffin, 18 years young, will become approximately $7 million richer when he signs a Major League contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates one day soon. The Pirates made Griffin, the national high school player of the year, the ninth pick of Sunday night’s...
Podcast: Democratic strategist says questioning Biden’s health is understandable
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance talk with former Democratic state House member and attorney Brandon Jones about President Joe Biden’s health, about state Supreme Court races and a litany of ongoing federal lawsuits that could impact Mississippi politics. The post Podcast: Democratic strategist says questioning Biden’s health is understandable appeared first on Mississippi Today.
Damascus Road: Drug court changing lives, saving taxpayers ‘boatload of money’
By his own analysis, Michael Fisher, 39, just a few years ago was a “dope-selling, drug-addicted failure … homeless with a needle in my arm” who’d spent about half his life in jail, on probation or on parole. He had never even gotten a driver’s license or graduated high school.
On this day in 1948
The Democratic National Convention adopted a platform that called for a federal anti-lynching law, the abolition of poll taxes and the desegregation of armed forces. The vote came to the floor as a minority report of the Platform Committee, the spokesman for it being then-Minneapolis Mayor, Hubert Humphrey. The entire...
How the pandemic changed Mississippi’s budget
State revenue barely grew over the past fiscal year — by $18.4 million, or just 0.24% from the previous year. In years past, such anemic growth would foretell an upcoming legislative session beginning in January that would feature profound gnashing of teeth because revenue would be tight and budget cuts would be necessary.
Mississippi officials respond to Trump assassination attempt
Mississippi officials and others respond after President Donald Trump was rushed to a hospital following an apparent shooting during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The post Mississippi officials respond to Trump assassination attempt appeared first on Mississippi Today.
On this day in 1863
The Civil War Draft Riots began in Manhattan — one of the bloodiest insurrections in the nation’s history. What started as a riot by white working-class residents, upset by the government’s draft, turned into an attack on Black Americans. The mob of thousands torched dozens of buildings, including the Colored Orphan Asylum, which housed up to 800 children.
Number of faculty layoffs at Delta State still in flux
Delta State University is still working out the number of faculty it needs to lay off after the college board last month approved the president’s plan to achieve financial sustainability. The regional college in the Mississippi Delta had initially planned to let its more than 200 faculty know on...
‘We will be in court’: Monticello pushes back on Corps’ new Jackson proposal
MONTICELLO — Even with an adjusted proposal to tackle flood risk in Jackson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still faces a steady flow of opposition downstream along the Pearl River. “Let me assure you that Louisiana and Mississippi will sue you,” Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, told a panel of...
Marshall Ramsey: The Platform
Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a television program on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award.
On this day in 1976
U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, who first came to the forefront in the Watergate hearings, became the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address to the Democratic National Convention. In high school, she heard a career day speech by Edith Sampson, a black lawyer. Sampson’s words inspired her to become...
Democrat Ty Pinkins challenges Republican Sen. Wicker to Neshoba County Fair debate
Ty Pinkins, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has challenged his Republican opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, to a debate during the upcoming Neshoba County Fair. Pinkins, a Vicksburg resident, wrote Wicker a letter outlining that the fair has a storied tradition of political stump speeches and has hosted a few political debates, notably the 1995 gubernatorial debate between Republican Kirk Fordice and Democrat Dick Molpus.
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