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November Election: Party Lines Drawn Earlynew
Education funding, job creation and fighting corruption are at the top of many Mississippi statewide candidates' lists heading into the November election.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
Pre-K Collaboratives Helping 4-Year-Oldsnew
Most 4-year-olds are learning more basic skills before entering kindergarten due to Early Learning Collaboratives, the Mississippi Department of Education is reporting.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Education
‘Empower’ PAC Helps Oust Anti-Charter Republicansnew
Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to school choice, used its political arm, the Empower PAC, to unseat four incumbent Republican candidates for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the DeSoto County primary elections on Aug. 4.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-13-2015 |
Elections
‘Hand-in-hand’: Poverty + Education Keep State in Last Placenew
Dr. Margaret Hagerman, a sociology professor at Mississippi State University, has researched how children perceive and understand wealth and inequality, and the results are insightful. The largest outcome of her study? Kids are aware that race, class and inequality exist.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Poverty
Overdue Foster Care Reform Coming Soonnew
Gov. Phil Bryant has started advocating for a Children’s Cabinet to help run the state’s foster-care system since his administration was forced to act on a seven-year lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Children & Families
Rankin Schools Paying for Religion Violationnew
Magdalene Bedi, a junior at Northwest Rankin High School in 2013, didn't subscribe to an institutional religion, but considered herself spiritual—and not an atheist.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-24-2015 |
Education
Mississippi’s Only Aborton Clinic Safe for Nownew
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has again staved off closure, but the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide its fate.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-10-2015 |
The War on Women
Tags: Mississippi abortion
Confederate Flag Divides Mississippi Politiciansnew
In the wake of the Charleston massacre, the nation is questioning South Carolina's Confederate flag, and in turn, looking to Mississippi's state flag that features the symbol.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-02-2015 |
Race & Class
A Long, Long LGBT Roadnew
Cameron Stewart and Amber Cameron have been together five and a half years. About a year ago, the couple had a backyard wedding ceremony with vows and commitments—but because they live in Mississippi they could not get a license. Now, however, the couple is anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court may legalize same-sex marriage this month.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
06-17-2015 |
LGBT
