Our Elected Officials Actively Hurt the Poor
For many low-income students, the ability to receive an education is about to be stripped away by lawmakers that claim to care about Mississippi. Last week, a program was put before the
State House passes bill that will ban transgender athletes
The Mississippi House of Representatives voted 82-28 on Wednesday to pass bill that will ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities. The bill previously passed in
Opinion: MDAH protects history from politics. Senate Bill 2727 will change that.
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, which opened in 2017, focuses on the years between 1945 and 1976 “when Mississippi was ground zero for the national Civil Rights Movement”. The museum celebrates the
State Senate bill could politicize the Department of Archives and History
A new Senate bill could change the formation of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s nine-member board of trustees, transforming it from a self-appointed board to a politician-appointed one. Senate Bill
Mississippi legislators regroup in mid-May amid pandemic
Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi legislators will start meeting again May 18, two months after they suspended their session because of the coronavirus pandemic, House and Senate leaders said Monday. The announcement came
Opinion: Mississippians and legislators must act to abolish IHL
Can we trust the governor of Mississippi to do what’s best for the faculty, staff and students of the state’s universities— even if that means signing away his power? Probably not. The
Lawmaker aims to limit governor’s IHL appointment power
Adam Ganacheau Mississippi Today Rep. Trey Lamar wants to amend the Mississippi Constitution to limit the governor’s power to appointInstitutions of Higher Learning trustees— a response to a controversial chancellor search the
2020 state legislative session begins
On January 7th, lawmakers arrived at the Capital to start the 2020 legislative session. Throughout the semester, we’ll be keeping you up to date on what your elected officials are up to.
State senator introduces legislation barring “public governing entities” from moving historical monuments and memorials
Last Thursday, Mississippi Sen. Joseph Seymour (R-Vancleave) introduced a bill to the state legislature that would “delete the authority of public governing entities to move historical monuments and memorials.” Seymour’s bill, SB2068,
Opinion: To do more, the Mississippi legislature should do less
The new year brought a new legislative session to Jackson. It also brought new estimates from the Census Bureau on Mississippi’s population. For the fourth time in five years, Mississippi lost population.