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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
September 23, 2021

Testing results point to COVID’s negative impacts on students not being in the classroom full-time

MDE releases statewide testing assessment data with 96.9% of the students in the 2021 school year participating. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released its statewide results from the 2020-21 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which provide the first statewide measure of student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the Mississippi Board of Education…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
September 23, 2021

Gunn talks medical marijuana specifics and other items he’d like to see in a special session

Details of a medical marijuana bill are said to be close to agreement.   Speaker of the House Philip Gunn spoke on the Gallo Radio Show with SuperTalk Mississippi on Thursday on all things Legislature. He spent the majority of his interview outlining some of the details of the greatly anticipated medical marijuana bill which many…