2014/12/18 – A state board has rejected a contract that would have bought tests for Mississippi students with intellectual disabilities. The Personal Service Contract Review Board voted Tuesday to reject the $1 million-a-year pact with the University of Kansas. It said …..
2014/12/17 – William Skinner, who oversees the Hinds County Youth Court, is mad—again. Skinner recently fired off a letter to a federal judge in Jackson saying that Hinds County officials are trying to usurp his authority over the detention and release …..
2014/12/05 – Several Mississippi officials are looking at ways to increase police accountability in the wake of deadly encounters between police and unarmed men nationwide. In the capital city, the Jackson Police Department will provide basic Spanish lessons to officers …..
2014/11/25 – The streets were quiet but fires continued to burn Tuesday following a night of violence triggered by a grand jury’s decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting death of unarmed, black teen Michael …..
2014/11/24 – Three civil rights workers, slain for their role in battling Jim Crow laws in Mississippi, were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Monday during a ceremony held at the White House. The medal is the nation’s highest civilian honor …..
