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Mississippi Appointing 8 Judges to Help Reduce Hinds County Case Backlog
Mississippi is spending $5 million of federal coronavirus aid to appoint eight senior judges to help reduce the backlog in the Hinds County court system.
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GOP-Led Mississippi Senate OKs Faster Purge of Voter Rolls
A sharply divided Mississippi Senate voted Wednesday to speed up the process of purging inactive voters' names from election rolls. proposed legislationproposed legislation. The bill passed 36-16, with all the support coming from Republicans and all the opposition from Democrats.
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City Gets Art, Climate Change-Mitigation Grants, Fitness Court
Seven Jacksonians will explore the intersection of arts and social justice to create change and to address prevailing arts grantmaking inequities.
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Tiffany Graves
Raised in Winchester, Va., Tiffany Graves cherished dreams of becoming a pediatrician, but when she reached the advanced courses in her high school science curriculum, she began contemplating a change in career paths.
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Four Nominees Are Confirmed to Education Boards in Mississippi
The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday confirmed three people to the state Board of Education and one to the state Charter School Authorizer Board.
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Mississippi Pushes to OK College Athletes' Earning on Image
Mississippi legislators are pushing forward with proposals to let college athletes earn money from their own name, image or likeness.
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Mississippi Senate Rejects 2 Proposals to Expand Medicaid
The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday rejected two proposals to expand Medicaid to people who work low-wage jobs that don't provide private health insurance.
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Mayor Lumumba Extends Civil Emergency, Curfew Order
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba extended the Proclamation of Civil Emergency and Mayoral Curfew Order for minors under the age of 18 years initially issued last week.
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Brian Pugh
Mississippi Business Journal recently named Jackson State University alum Brian Pugh, executive director of the Stennis Center for Public Service, as Top Person of the Year for Mississippi's Top 50 Under 40 Business Leaders for 2020.
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Mississippi: 2% of COVID Vaccines Go to Out-of-State People
About 2% of the COVID-19 vaccinations given so far in Mississippi have gone to people with out-of-state addresses, state health officials said Monday.