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News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
August 23, 2022

Mississippi court set to hear arguments in lawsuit regarding grant funding for independent schools

The suit argues that the Legislature violated Section 208 of the State Constitution by appropriating $10 million to private schools. In June, Parents for Public Schools, Inc. (PPS), represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi, Mississippi Center for Justice, and Democracy Forward, filed a lawsuit to stop Mississippi state officials from using public…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 23, 2022

Thompson: Jackson shouldn’t expect federal help on water crisis until a plan is put forward

The 2nd District Congressman says no one from Jackson has shared the facts of the problem or a plan to correct it with him. Congressman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat representing Mississippi’s 2nd District, says the federal government will not consider helping the city of Jackson with its water crisis until a plan of action is…