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Mississippi is on track to increase spending on prisons for the coming fiscal year, a spike attributed to its medical care contract and rising payments to private prisons, according to a top budget writer for corrections in the state Legislature.
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Mississippi is on track to increase spending on prisons for the coming fiscal year, a spike attributed to its medical care contract and rising payments to private prisons, according to a top budget writer for corrections in the state Legislature.
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Clarksdale Municipal School District students Leah Myles, Jamarick Davis, Khloe Reed and instructor Candace Barron pose for a photograph after their last teacher preparation class before winter break, Dec. 15, 2025. Their district offers a vocational teacher preparation course at the Carl Keen Career and Technical Center. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students.
CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale had the second highest teacher shortage in Mississippi last year — 40 posted vacancies in July.
For district administrators, that staffing challenge hits particularly hard each year in late summer when they try to fill vacancies before the new school year begins. The problem affects students, too, when they’re taught by substitute teachers for weeks at a time.
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Cooperation has been in short supply for the last three years, as the Republican leadership of the two chambers has sparred over nearly every major issue, including the budget.
The 2026 Mississippi legislative session is getting down to the short rows, scheduled to wrap by the first week of April.
That means it’s time for lawmakers to bear down on setting an over $7-billion state budget, the main job of a legislature.
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Cooperation has been in short supply for the last three years, as the Republican leadership of the two chambers has sparred over nearly every major issue, including the budget.
The 2026 Mississippi legislative session is getting down to the short rows, scheduled to wrap by the first week of April.
That means it’s time for lawmakers to bear down on setting an over $7-billion state budget, the main job of a legislature.
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today on
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Governor Tate Reeves said the residents of the state are praying for those deployed in harm’s way in the Middle East.
Members of the Mississippi National Guard have been deployed to support the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury that is waging an assault on Iran’s military installations in an effort to ensure the country does not acquire nuclear weapons.
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Governor Tate Reeves said the residents of the state are praying for those deployed in harm’s way in the Middle East.
Members of the Mississippi National Guard have been deployed to support the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury that is waging an assault on Iran’s military installations in an effort to ensure the country does not acquire nuclear weapons.
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Amendments to a Senate bill aim to force MDOC to rebid inmate healthcare contract.
The House submitted its position on funding the Mississippi Department of Corrections through a strike-all amendment of a Senate bill this week, which includes efforts to fix issues the Legislature sees within the agency.
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Amendments to a Senate bill aim to force MDOC to rebid inmate healthcare contract.
The House submitted its position on funding the Mississippi Department of Corrections through a strike-all amendment of a Senate bill this week, which includes efforts to fix issues the Legislature sees within the agency.
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Below is a religious opinion column by Matt Friedeman:
Charles Spurgeon said that “Cheerfulness is next to godliness!” I am beginning to think he was right.
So we laughed and laughed and laughed. Spent the better part of two hours sipping our Cokes and escaping reality.
And it got me to thinking about the vital importance of it all.
I visited Lexington, Kentucky this week. My son wanted to take his dad out for a fun evening and got us tickets for a comedy show.
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Below is a religious opinion column by Matt Friedeman:
Charles Spurgeon said that “Cheerfulness is next to godliness!” I am beginning to think he was right.
So we laughed and laughed and laughed. Spent the better part of two hours sipping our Cokes and escaping reality.
And it got me to thinking about the vital importance of it all.
I visited Lexington, Kentucky this week. My son wanted to take his dad out for a fun evening and got us tickets for a comedy show.
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Beloved international pianist featured in Brahms concerto
Jackson, Mississippi — International pianist Alon Goldstein, hailed for delivering “pure pleasures” in performance, returns to Jackson for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s season-capping Bravo concert “Mighty Keys” on Saturday, April 11, at Thalia Mara Hall.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Twenty Years of Miracles Gala was held recently at The Country Club of Jackson with a sold-out crowd in attendance. The event served as a rebrand and launch for Harbor Day School. Formerly known as The Little Light House of Central Mississippi, the non-profit is now the Harbor Day School.
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Robert St. John says some bridges get you to the other side while others change the direction of everything.
Two years of planning a year-long trip collapsed in a single sentence at a Volvo dealership in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Twenty Years of Miracles Gala was held recently at The Country Club of Jackson with a sold-out crowd in attendance. The event served as a rebrand and launch for Harbor Day School. Formerly known as The Little Light House of Central Mississippi, the non-profit is now the Harbor Day School.
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Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You can read more about the section here.
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
