Teachers in Mississippi will see a $2,000 pay increase for the next school year. Starting July 1, public school teachers, attendance officers, psychologists, occupational therapists and assistant teachers...
The Sexual Assault Prevention Ambassadors at Southern Miss invited Shalotta Sharp to present a lecture for sexual assault awareness month on April 27. The lecture focused on what happens in the hospital...
Mississippi legislators have banned lab-grown milk. Any product that is labeled as a ‘cell-cultured dairy product’ will not be able to be sold in Mississippi stores. The Commissioner of Agriculture...
Mississippi currently ranks seventh in the United States for income inequality. For every dollar a man makes, a woman working full-time makes 75 cents.
According to the National Women's Law Center,...
The tax season has been here for a while now. Whether you have filed your taxes or are collecting documents, you must have looked at the numbers and wondered: where does all this money go? To understand...
The Upskill Mississippi grant plans to give students working in construction and other hands-on physical labor jobs tuition-free education at community and junior colleges for programs that advance their...
A Mississippi legislator has proposed a bill that would ban the recreational use of nitrous oxide, also known as whippets, for anyone under age 21.
Nitrous oxide is typically used in controlled settings,...
A new Mississippi’s wage bill promises reliefs for some low-wage workers but could spark resentment from fast-food employees still earning $7.25 amid growing campus job competition.
State lawmaker...
With AI deepfakes on the rise, Mississippi lawmakers are making an effort to pass bills that would make it illegal to create and profit from such deepfakes.
One bill introduced by lawmakers was Senate...
Mississippi lawmakers are considering a change to the state’s higher education funding formula that would tie university budgets to student outcomes, including job placement and income.
Supporters say...
The U.S. Department of Education declared in late 2025 that nursing and many other degrees will no longer be considered professional, and that the amount of federal loans graduate students will be able...
Mississippi Democrats broke the GOP's two-thirds supermajority in the state Senate on Nov. 4 in the special election, flipping two seats.
In the special election, six Senate seats and one House seat...
