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A U.S. Supreme Court decision about redistricting will likely touch all levels of government. Attorneys and advocates say Mississippi’s education system could also be affected if legislative and county districts are redrawn.

Mississippi Department of Education officials said this week that they’re still trying to get clarity from the Legislature about who that money should go to.

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, are voicing strong reservations of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran

The board that governs Mississippi’s eight public universities is moving toward a new budget model that would tie state funding to graduation rates, student retention and workforce outcomes. 

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid filed papers Wednesday asking a bankruptcy court for permission to withhold a scheduled $2.4 million payment to Greenwood Leflore Hospital.

Medgar Evers marveled at the fact he and other Black soldiers had fought in a war that should have granted them all the rights of citizenship, but when they returned home they had to fight racism all over again that barred Black Mississippians from restaurants, restrooms and voting booths.

Winter Storm Fern delivered a force and persistence Mississippi hadn’t seen in decades. Months later, as north Mississippians still search for their footing, public officials are wondering what to take away from the catastrophe. 

Family and friends taped posters to the wall near the store’s garden center Wednesday, calling for the release of body camera and video footage and for criminal charges against the officer who fired the fatal shot. They also displayed photographs of Kohen and his family.

Allen Siegler, mental health reporter for Mississippi Today, was awarded the Community Champion Award from the Institute for Nonprofit News for his investigation that explored how Mississippi has spent opioid settlement funds. 

Republican lawmakers in Georgia won’t redraw congressional and state legislative districts for the 2028 elections during a special session called by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. The decision marked a setback for both Kemp and President Donald Trump, who has urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to their advantage