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Opinion  |  Toren Ballard  • 
January 17, 2023

Mississippi must continue to invest in its educator pipeline

Lawmakers could consider targeted strategies to incentivize the most at-risk teachers. Why are Mississippi teachers leaving their classrooms at an unprecedented rate? With one in five public school teachers in Mississippi leaving their job following the 2021-2022 school year, this question should be at the top of our minds as state lawmakers return to Jackson…
Opinion  |  Aaron Rice  • 
January 16, 2023

Mississippi doesn’t need “Certificate of Need” laws

Arcane laws that take away access to health care options a root cause of ongoing hospital crisis in state. If you’ve ever paid five bucks for a Coke at a theme park, you know the feeling. What begins as carefree frolic to the concession stand gives way to the unpleasant realization that you are a…