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SIMPSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATE Q&A
Simpson County School Board District 5 candidates Jennifer Booth and Marilyn Patterson-Coleman discuss teacher retention, extracurricular funding, fiscal transparency and school facility needs.
MLBC highlights year of policy work, statewide outreach
By K. Monroe Carter The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus says it spent the past year pushing major policy changes in education, health care, voting rights, criminal justice and economic support for working families. The caucus released a summary Friday of its 2025-26 work, saying it helped increase teacher pay, opposed school choice legislation, advanced Black…
Othor’s Political Playbook
By Othor Cain, Independent Journalist, Blogger, and Radio Talk Show Host Mississippi’s Legislative Session Begins, and Education Is the Unavoidable Test You cannot serve two masters. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Either you’re with us or you’re against us. These familiar sayings all point to the same truth: eventually, you must…