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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 17, 2018

New Education Funding Formula passes in the House, will do away with MAEP #msleg #msedu

Wednesday, the House passed the Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act of 2018, or HB957 with a vote of 66-54, two Democrats voting for the bill, 9 Republicans voting against it. The bill was the culmination of EdBuild recommendations into a new funding formula that would replace the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). The…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 17, 2018

‘Preacher’ Killen’s death closes a shameful chapter in Mississippi’s history

There was a generation of Mississippians who not only were unapologetic for their involvement in violent institutional racism enforced by fear and mob rule, but were likewise rather proud of their notorious reputations earned in pursuit of those misguided and dangerous goals. That’s the cold, ominous persona I remember being projected by a Ku Klux…