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Canton public schools switched to a separate provision of federal school meals program that provides more funding if enough parents fill out forms to prove economic need.

Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor has started only two college games, but coaches and pundits say his skill level and his potential could boost the Bulldogs.

Hazlehurst special education staff, parents of students with disabilities and advocates say the school district has been denying students services required under federal law. They have filed complaints with the Mississippi Department of Education and district leaders.

Unwritten rules or social norms keep us all in line but also can promote harmful actions, like prejudice, discrimination, unhealthy traditions, wasteful customs and harmful silence.

After federal health care subsidies that made health insurance more affordable for many Mississippians expired, the Jackson Free Clinic received more calls from people who could not afford their health insurance premiums.

Mississippi Christian University golfer Sydney Moss has won the 2026 Mississippi Women’s Amateur championship.

The agreements were supposed to go into effect on July 1, but some organizations that were selected to receive the money haven’t signed them yet because the upfront project costs would be too high.

According to the center, employment in Mississippi grew an average of 1.3% each year from 2021 to 2025. It predicts that employment will decrease by an average of 0.1% each year between 2026 and 2030. 

The Meridian-based artist tries to capture the Mississippi and the South that she has experienced – its people, its beauty and its contradictions. 

Because insurers can charge people in their 60s premiums three times higher than those in their 20s, many older adults enrolled under the Affordable Care Act saw some of the steepest price increases this year without the income-based subsidies.