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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 13, 2022

Barksdale Reading Institute closes its doors after more than two decades of early-literacy work in Mississippi

BRI was established in 2000 as the result of a $100-million commitment by Jim and Sally Barksdale. CEO of the Barksdale Reading Institute (BRI), Kelly Butler, announced on Sunday that the Institute will close its doors after twenty-two years of early-literacy work in Mississippi. For more than two decades, BRI has worked with Mississippi’s schools of…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 13, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith act to close illegal immigrant ‘catch & release’ loophole

Mississippi Senators cosponsor “Keep Our Communities Safe Act.” Last week, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) helped introduce the Keep Our Communities Safe Act (S.4370), which would close the loophole—referred to as “catch and release”—that allows illegal immigrants, including those with criminal records, to remain in the United States. S.4370 would close the…