Legislative committees met this week to begin debating bills that passed the opposite chamber prior to the pause in the session necessitated by the pandemic. 

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is asking the public to provide input on how K-12’s share of CARES Act funding should be spent. The Department

This evening, a bipartisan group of lawmakers came to an agreement on a plan to use a portion of Mississippi’s $1.25-billion CARES Act funding to provide

The Mississippi Legislature is back in session to make decisions about the appropriation of CARES Act funding. The Senate is live-streaming its hearings for public viewing with

The Legislature has adjourned for the weekend with a plan to return on Tuesday at 10 a.m., when they hope to have a COVID-19 relief

The Mississippi Legislature will appropriate CARES Act funds that have been in dispute, per an agreement announced today by Gov. Reeves, Lt. Gov. Hosemann, and

The Legislature will return tomorrow (Thursday) to address “a plan to help small businesses across the State that are struggling amid COVID-19.” See the announcement.  Our

In November, you elected the most pro-public education Legislature we have seen in years, and we were starting to see the fruits of that election before

The Mississippi Legislature returned to Jackson today to affirm its authority to appropriate funds, including federal CARES Act funding.  This afternoon, the House and Senate

The Mississippi Legislature will return to Jackson tomorrow (Friday) at 1 p.m. to take up legislation addressing CARES Act funding, two weeks earlier than their

A national school choice lobbying outfit is urging state elected officials to use Mississippi’s federal CARES Act dollars to fund vouchers for private school tuition.Chronic,

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn have announced a plan to reconvene the Mississippi Legislature on Monday, May 18.    The remainder of the