A perception exists that Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is often outflanked and defeated in policy disputes at the Mississippi Capitol.
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HOUSTON, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Megan Thee Stallion's Pete & Thomas Foundation and Habitat for Humanity announced a partner…
Takeaways from an Associated Press investigation that finds a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers has set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids. Experts say adoptees account for an estimated 25-40% of those in residential treatment. What some call the “troubled teen industry,” a sprawling network of loosely regulated, for-profit residential treatment centers and boarding schools advertise to adoptive parents, promising to help adoptees heal, at a cost as high as $20,000 a month. Adoptees told AP they believe they were in a shadow orphanage system where children end up institutionalized in oppressive, sometimes abusive facilities.
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Amid evaporating federal funding, the Mississippi Department of Education is getting a $136 million bump in funding to cover a $2,000 teacher …
Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all. That announcement comes days after Gov. Andy Beshear questioned decision-making at the school that included Barnhart’s move. Barnhart and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued statements Thursday confirming Barnhart wouldn't become the executive-in-residence for the UK Sport and Workforce Initiative. That job was set to pay Barnhart $950,000 annually through August 2030. Capilouto said Barnhart was concerned his status had “become a distraction” for the university.
Tennessee plans to nearly double its universal school voucher program, directing about $260 million in public funds to private schools. The Tennessee Senate voted Thursday to fund 35,000 vouchers for the 2026-27 academic year. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. Legislators debated changes that could impact state funding for local public schools, with criticisms from Democrats and some Republicans. An amendment alters the hold-harmless provision, reimbursing districts only for students who leave public schools for vouchers. Concerns include privacy issues and lack of evidence that voucher students perform better academically.
JACKSON • Mississippi lawmakers approved a hefty increase in education funding Monday thanks to higher-than-expected state revenues.
Mississippi lawmakers were giving Weight Watchers $1.5 million for a teacher voucher program that never appeared in any education funding bills or state contracts, and kept the money flowing for years even though relatively few teachers were using it. The Clarion Ledger uncovered the payments while investigating how state legislators funnel education funding to favored …
JACKSON — Supporters of a constitutional amendment to guarantee “an adequate and efficient system of free public schools” in Mississippi loaded up the bed of a Chevrolet pickup with 16 boxes and drove to Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office yesterday. Inside those boxes, they say, are the certified signatures of 121,691 votes, enough to …