The Way Public Schools Are Funded: Pickering Blasts MAEP in Report to Legislature
JACKSON, Miss.–The Mississippi Adequate Education Program has been the subject of a lot of controversy lately, with a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove...
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Miss. News Briefs: Judge Says He’s Being Politically Picked On, Dog Beating Update
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JONES COUNTY, Miss.–It’s a frame job is what a Jones County judge said for the first time publicly this week. He’s being looked for the...
Taking TVs, ACs For His Restaurant: Former Mound Bayou Mayor Indicted on Embezzlement Charges
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MOUND BAYOU, Miss.–You don’t hear about a lot going on in the Delta town of Mound Bayou, about five miles north of Cleveland, and just...
Fully Funding Education: State Auditor Says MAEP Formula Difficult to Understand
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JACKSON, Miss.–Fully funding education, that would seem like a no-brainer, right? In Mississippi most school superintendents see that as fully funding the Miss. Adequate Education...
Mississippi Transparency: State Auditor Pickering Gets National Accountability Award
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DENVER, Colo.–The only state official from the entire country to get the David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance and Accountability Award for 2014 was your...
Out While He Appeals: Davis Gets Two and a Half Years, But Left Jail Thursday
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SOUTHAVEN, Miss.–It’s two and a half years in the pen for former Southaven mayor Greg Davis on charges he embezzled taxpayer money and that he...
Taxpayer Win in Court: Judge Says Former Southaven Mayor Must Repay Money
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JACKSON, Miss.–It’s money that you paid in, if you live in Southaven. But it’s an example for the rest of the state that when you...
Senator Pickering? State Auditor Says He Will Run if Cochran Retires
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JACKSON, Miss.–Add another name to the big list of candidates for U.S. Senate: State Auditor Stacey Pickering, but that’s only if current U.S. Sen. Thad...
Cochran May Have Stiff Competition in Senate Race, Says Politico
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Mississippi’s senior senator could have some trouble making his way through the next election if he chooses to run, says a new poll published...
Coroner Fakes Death Investigations, Going to Prison For It
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Photo: WTVA UNION COUNTY, Miss.–If you’ve ever wondered just how county coroners make their money, the case of one who got too greedy shows it’s...