by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today May 17, 2023 Ochsner Health, which has dozens of operations in Mississippi, has announced it is cutting nearly 800 positions here and in Louisiana. But a spokesman for the health care giant would not say how many of the eliminated...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today May 17, 2023 Party leaders and campaign staffers scrambled this week after incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves over the weekend appeared to suggest that only one conservative is competing in the hotly contested GOP primary for...
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today announced it will hold a special-called meeting on June 15 to consider the appointment of an interim state superintendent of education effective July 1. The SBE also voted to allow the individual who is named...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today May 18, 2023 Just over 75% of Mississippi third-graders passed the “third grade reading gate” test on their first try, a rate that is higher than pre-pandemic levels. The results of the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program third...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today May 16, 2023 After six campaign finance filings — including amended, amended-amended, termination-amended, and even one the-computer-temporarily-ate-it reports — it’s still unclear exactly how much money longtime state Sen....
by Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today May 16, 2023 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley unveiled his proposed ethics reforms Tuesday on the south steps of the state Capitol, where the heat and humidity were nearly as blistering as his...
