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April 11, 2016

Daily Leader: Charter school expansion bill has too many questions left to answer

Daily Leader – Our Viewpoint: Too many questions in charter school bill Generally speaking, school choice should be a good thing. As a state, we should want our children to get the best education possible, even if that is somewhere other than a traditional, public school. More students will have more choices after the Senate…
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April 11, 2016

Nation taking notice of Mississippi prison reform

Nation taking notice of Mississippi prison reform In 2012 Mississippi had the nation’s second-highest imprisonment rate, trailing only Louisiana. Its incarcerated population had surged 300 percent between 1983 and 2013 to more than 22,400 inmates, and taxpayers faced the burden of spending another $266 million over the next 10 years to accommodate still more prison…