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In lawsuits around the country, a host of athletes argue that they are unfairly being denied a fifth year in college under newly adopted NCAA rules allowing for five full years of competition.
College leaders say historically Black colleges and universities can play an important role in preparing students for emerging workforce opportunities.
Jackson State University and the state college board have settled two sex discrimination lawsuits that were filed during Marcus Thompson’s brief tenure as the university’s president.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Andrew Young toured the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and delivered the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture.
The Mississippi Forestry Commission has approved burn bans for Lafayette, Copiah, Rankin, Jefferson, Covington, Grenada, Lawrence, Franklin and Jefferson Davis counties.
Some doctors and patients say that direct primary care allows doctors to provide higher quality, preventive care to their patients and avoid costly hospitalizations. But some health policy experts warn the model is not a substitute for insurance.
Childcare assistance, funded by the federal government with help from states, is supposed to aid working parents who are low-income, homeless or caring for foster children. But waitlists have ballooned since 2023, when eight states had them, according to an Associated Press analysis.
Grammy winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson was known for “a sultry, honey-toned voice.’ The Jackson native died Tuesday at her home. She was 70.
Mississippi pediatricians are backing fall vaccination recommendations from a coalition of leading medical groups as the nation’s traditional federal vaccine advisory system remains in limbo. Historically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its vaccine advisory committee have issued guidance on seasonal immunization. But the vaccine advisory committee is no longer functioning after a […]
Bonita Coleman comes to the district after more than three decades of working in schools in Mississippi and Maryland. Most recently, she served as superintendent of Ocean Springs School District for a decade before retiring in 2022.
