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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 28, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest call for Medicare telehealth benefits extension

Mississippi officials join over forty legislators in writing a letter to congressional leadership. On Friday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-M) along with U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-MS) joined colleagues in a letter to congressional leadership calling for the extension of expanded coverage of telehealth services. The Mississippi officials are among a group…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 28, 2022

MDE holds public hearing on proposed revisions to K-12 standards for social studies

Sixty-six people were registered to speak at the event, most concerned with CRT creeping into school curriculum. Earlier this month, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) proposed a new curriculum for College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for Social Studies in K-12 public schools. The Department had planned to have the changes implemented by the…