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Below is an opinion column by Grace Breazeale:
The question before lawmakers this session is whether we will protect that progress or allow it to erode by continuing to ask teachers to carry more than any profession reasonably can.
By Grace Breazeale - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The measure defines AI as “a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.”
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a measure defining artificial intelligence on Wednesday to provide clarity to an industry that Mississippi hopes to be a leader in.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The bill would also revise the state retirement system’s new Tier 5, cap superintendent salaries, and increase pay for school attendance officers, among other provisions outlined in the measure.
A bill that aims to address the ongoing teacher shortage in the state and proposes to address problems with the state’s retirement system under the new Tier 5 system passed out of the Mississippi House Education and Appropriations Committees on Tuesday.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
Lt. Governor Hosemann outraised the potential gubernatorial field last year, pulling in nearly $1.7 million with AG Fitch not far behind. However, Auditor White leads the pack in cash on hand with over $3.8 million.
This time next year, all eyes will be on who is running for what state office in Mississippi.
Campaign finance reports filed last week, and the related messaging from current officeholders, give voters a glimpse into who will be jockeying for higher office.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
A vote against a Democrat-backed amendment on a resolution that was ruled procedurally defective in the Senate Rules Committee has drawn scrutiny from the Mississippi Senator’s challengers.
Opponents of Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) are attempting to use a committee vote on a proposed amendment that was ruled to be not germane to the measure at hand as fodder on the campaign trail.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
George and Mary Robinson sit on the porch of their home as they talk about how they have been surviving after last weekend's winter storm Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Tchula. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Some Holmes County residents have lived for days without power and water. Some have slept in cars for warmth. Some have missed hot meals.
It was the fourth day after the ice storm that Loleeta Cobbins had purchased a $2 package of hot dogs to feed to her kids. It was the fourth morning she woke up in her car beside her mother after tucking her five children into blankets in a closet — the warmest part of their cold apartment. It was when she started to dilute her newborn’s baby formula.
By Leonardo Bevilacqua - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
There’s a nationwide push for more nuclear power, driven by an AI data center boom, but plants require huge investments and raise safety and environmental concerns.
Mississippi lawmakers are pushing for the state to incentivize nuclear energy production, as increasing such production becomes a surprisingly bipartisan issue nationwide
Over the past fifteen years, Democratic and Republican presidents have pushed to increase the U.S.’s nuclear capacity by keeping existing plants operating and investing in new ones.
By Katherine Lin - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
State Sen. Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, speaks to reporters at a press conference with Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson at the Mississippi State Capitol on Jan. 21, 2026, about strengthening Mississippi's campaign finance laws. Credit: Katherine Lin/Mississippi Today
A Senate committee approved legislation to reform Mississippi’s notoriously lax campaign finance laws, while a House committee made clear it has no intentions of even considering it.
By Taylor Vance - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Mississippi lawmakers face the first major killing deadline of the 2026 legislative session on Tuesday, the deadline for House and Senate committees to pass measures originating in their own chamber.
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Annual campaign finance reports show potential top contenders for Mississippi governor in 2027 were busy fundraising last year.
By Michael Goldberg - Mississippi Today on
2 months ago
Below is a press release from the Mississippi State Department of Health:
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is providing personnel and resources throughout North Mississippi as the state recovers from the devastating ice storm.
By Press Release - MSDH on
2 months ago
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1. Noem visits North Mississippi
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in Tupelo on Monday to assess winter storm damage in North Mississippi as FEMA, military leadership, first responders and linemen continue to work to recover from the ice storm that blanketed the area.
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 months ago
Under Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency disaster funding guidelines, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith announced Monday that city officials will be hiring private contractors to pick up limbs and other debris in the city in the wake of the recent ice storm.
He noted, however, that the city-hired contractors WILL NOT go onto private property to remove limbs or branches. He stressed that all such debris must be placed curbside.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
2 months ago
CHARLESTON — Johnnie Diltz, age 88, passed away Thursday, January 15.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at New Town Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston with visitation one hour prior to service. Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Interment will follow in New Town Cemetery.
He served his country in the U.S. Army and worked as a medical supply transporter, and security guard until retirement.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Fair Diltz.
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LEVERETT — Ann Elizabeth Forrest Brasher, age 91, of the Leverett community, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 26, surrounded by her three children.
Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, February 2, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with interment following at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery at Paynes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.
She was born August 11, 1934, in Sumner to Saunders Doty Forrest and Mary Lee Phelps Forrest.
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CASCILLA — Linda Carol Jeffery Hill, age 75, of Cascilla, passed away Friday, January 30, at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, at the New Bethel Holiness Church, where she was a member, with Rev. James Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Jeffery/Hill family plot at the North Shady Grove Cemetery at Cascilla. The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Monday evening and one hour prior to the service Tuesday all at New Bethel Holiness Church.
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The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated an additional 150 service members, bringing the total to 650 personnel, to conduct general support, fueling operations and aerial logistics packaging of food, water, medical and other needed supplies following a major winter storm Jan. 23-26.
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OAKLAND — Jerry Wayne Lantrip, Sr. age 74, mechanic, passed away Monday, January 19, at his home in Oakland.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Thursday, January 22, at Wells Funeral Home with interment following in the Graystone Family Cemetery at Oakland.
He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Gray.
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MARKS — Carol Ann Ware Bryant, age 79, Certified Nursing Assistant, passed away, Monday, January 26, at Northwest MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 2, at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park.
She is survived by her husband, James Earl Bryant of Marks; three daughters, Lorie Adams of Como, Ginger Murphy of Charleston and Brandie Lavelle Chrestman of Batesville; 9 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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MARKS — Carol Ann Ware Bryant, age 79, Certified Nursing Assistant, passed away, Monday, January 26, at Northwest MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 2, at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park.
She is survived by her husband, James Earl Bryant of Marks; three daughters, Lorie Adams of Como, Ginger Murphy of Charleston and Brandie Lavelle Chrestman of Batesville; 9 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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