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Rural communities push back on school consolidation efforts: 'They’re just looking at numbers on the paper’
State lawmakers plan to take up school district consolidation in the next session. Residents of the communities likely to be affected are concerned.
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8m8 key questions about school district (and college) consolidation in Mississippi
State lawmakers want to reduce the number of Mississippi's public school districts. Get answers to key questions about school district consolidation.
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8mTrump rallies for Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi: 'You like me'
Democrats have grown hopeful that their U.S. Senate nominee in Mississippi, Scott Colom, might flip a seat in what has been a Republican stronghold.
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6mStruggling Canton school loses its charter
SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy can no longer operate as a charter school after Dec. 31.
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6mJackson seeks $125 million under controversial federal policing grant
Jackson is a finalist for a federal policing grant that could pump as much as $125 million to the city's cash-strapped police department.
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10mJudge rejects AG’s bid to permanently end case against ex-Capitol Police officer
Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson ruled the attorney general’s office was showing a “bias” for law enforcement in declining to prosecute the manslaughter case against former Capitol Police officer Michael Lamar Rhinewalt.