The Bill That Could Send Your Child With Special Needs to a Special School Filed
JACKSON, Miss.–If you have a child with special needs and they have difficulty learning in a regular school, a bill that would provide money for...
Category : Politics
Raising Taxes on the Rich to Give the Middle Class a Tax Cut: Wicker Plans Response to State of the Union
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The State of the Union speech is tonight and Pres. Obama is expected to talk about his plan to raise taxes on wealthy people...
State Auditor Recovers $70,000 for City of Greenville
by Sarah Ulmer
GREENVILLE, Miss– State Auditor Stacey Pickering cut a check to Greenville Mayor John Cox and other city leaders for $70,000. ...
House Bill to Keep Crooks From Retiring With Your Tax Dollars
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss– If a public worker gets caught stealing taxpayer money, that worker can get convicted, sent to jail, and forced to pay the money...
Miss. News Briefs: Two Sisters Take a Trip (And Worry Their Family to Death); Fugitive Picks a Nice Place
by kim
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss.–Imagine your grandmother taking a trip without telling you where she’s going, and leaving her pills behind. That happened to a Mississippi family...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a New Bill to Deal With Drones in Mississippi
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Drones are now a piece of everyday in Mississippi and everywhere else, for that matter and whether you realize it or not. Some are...
A NewsMS Investigation: The Singing River Retirement Fund and the People Who Won’t Take Less Than What They Were Promised
by kim
PASCAGOULA, Miss.—Imagine your retirement day. There’s a party, friends and family around, balloons and cake, and then a letter. The letter says that even though...
Natchez Aldermen In Limbo Over Hotel and Sales Tax Increase
by Sarah Ulmer
Natchez aldermen said Wednesday they still haven’t decided whether they will support a hotel-restaurant sales tax increase to finance an expansion of the city’s convention center and...
Miss. Legislature Passes Alternative to Initiative 42, No Longer Yes or No Vote
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. — When you go to the polls in November to vote on initiative 42, which aimed to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education...
Miss. House Passes Alternative to Adequate Education Initiative
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. – Tuesday the Mississippi House voted 64-57 to approve a House Concurrent Resolution that would create an alternative on ballot Initiative 42. If...