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House moves $5,000 teacher pay raise bill to the floor

By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,02/05/26-10:38AM, 196 Reads 3,941 Statewide
The bill would also revise the state retirement system’s new Tier 5, cap superintendent salaries, and increase pay for school attendance officers, among other provisions outlined in the measure.
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Strong offers prayer

Sun,03/01/26-2:00PM, 195 Reads

Reverend Curtis Strong, pastor of Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church in Yazoo City, delivered an opening prayer to the state Senate on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at the invitation of Senator Joseph C. Thomas, Sr., who led the Pledge of Allegiance before Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann guided lawmakers through the day’s agenda.
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All you need is love: Mississippians celebrate Valentine’s Day

By SUSAN MARQUEZ - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE SUSAN MARQUEZ - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Fri,02/13/26-10:50AM, 194 Reads 3,530 Statewide
There is plenty of love to go around in Mississippi, and a plethora of ways to celebrate that love. Here are a few worth checking out this weekend.
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National defense spending bill to send $528M to Mississippi

By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/13/26-12:40PM, 194 Reads 4,006 Statewide
Mississippi is poised to receive at least $528 million in direct funding under the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, according to figures released by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s office after congressional passage of the bill.
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Mississippi House passes Sunday alcohol sales and direct shipment of liquor

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MICHAEL GOLDBERG - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/13/26-3:00PM, 193 Reads 3,523 Statewide
The House passed a pair of bills on Tuesday that would reshape laws surrounding the sale of alcohol in Mississippi.
The first would allow the direct shipment of liquor to Mississippians’ homes, and the second would let local authorities pass ordinances allowing the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
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Marilyn Mays, left, with Two Mississippi Museums Director Michael Morris, center, and Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair, speak at the new exhibit of the Fannie Lou Hamer Presidential Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at the "I Question America" gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. Mays and Fair are the niece and nephew of Hamer. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Medal of Freedom finds home in Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/13/26-3:08PM, 192 Reads 3,121 Statewide
Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
The Medal of Freedom was unveiled on display in the “I Question America” gallery Tuesday by Hamer’s niece, Marilyn Mays, and cousin, Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair.
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Breazeale: The Weight They Carry: Life as a teacher in Mississippi

By GRACE BREAZEALE - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE GRACE BREAZEALE - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,02/05/26-11:00AM, 191 Reads 4,807 Statewide
Below is an opinion column by Grace Breazeale:
The question before lawmakers this session is whether we will protect that progress or allow it to erode by continuing to ask teachers to carry more than any profession reasonably can.
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The Other Side Podcast - Fresh eyes: New lawmakers give their take on the Mississippi Legislature

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,02/24/26-3:04PM, 190 Reads 4,351 Statewide
Sens. Kamesha Mumford of Jackson and Justin Pope of Pope (yes, Pope) share their insight and experiences as freshmen lawmakers, at the halfway point of their first legislative session. The two say they’ve quickly realized legislating centers around relationships made at the Capitol and how one works with others
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Letter to the Editor

By GLYNN KEGLEY GLYNN KEGLEY
Thu,02/05/26-11:30AM, 189 Reads 2,529 Statewide
Dear Editor:
With all due respect to the one or more state leaders who believe antifa (anTEEfuh) and basement dwelling keyboard warriors are the problem in Minneapolis, they are not. It is clearly the Gestapo like tactics of ICE.
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Senate sends Financial Literacy Act, Civics education bills to House

By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,02/12/26-1:04PM, 189 Reads 3,587 Statewide
Both bills aim to provide Mississippi’s students with valuable lessons in money management and how their government operates.
The Mississippi Senate passed two education bills late last week that aim to increase young people’s knowledge of finances and civics.
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