Michael Goldberg

Mississippi schools and the state education system are set to lose over $137 million in federal funds. Schools were already using the money to pay for literacy and mathematics programs, mental health services, construction projects and technology for rural districts.

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The abrupt loss of funds sent Mississippi public and private school leaders rushing to brace for the impact of wide ranging cuts. By Friday, some were already forced to fire grant-funded teachers, coaches and nurses. https://t.co/8qRxTsdf1z

RT @MSTODAYnews: The abrupt loss of funds sent Mississippi public and private school leaders rushing to brace for the impact of wide rangin…

RT @MSTODAYnews: Madison County Circuit Court Judge Bradley Mills dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississipp…

An angry Gov. Tate Reeves calls rejection of his deputy chief of staff as nominee ‘chicken shit.’

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The Senate on Wednesday roundly rejected the nomination of Cory Custer, Reeves' deputy chief of staff, to serve a four-year term on the board of directors of Mississippi Public Broadcasting. https://t.co/6JBF6IHUE7

RT @johndillonh: Congress is proposing $880B in spending reductions from House E&C bt 2025-2034 - with Medicaid (93% of the cmtes spending)…

Mississippi lawmakers have reached an agreement to ban DEI programs from public schools across the state education system, following the lead of numerous other Republican-controlled states and President Donald Trump’s administration https://t.co/XElPlAubgt

RT @MSTODAYnews: After months of bitter Republican political infighting, the Legislature appears likely to end its session Wednesday withou…

Gov. Reeves signs typo tax overhaul bill into law to phase out income tax, trim grocery tax and raise gasoline tax. Tax experts and local officials remain divided on whether the tax overhaul will actually benefit the state’s economy https://t.co/D1uQcM0i6P

RT @MSTODAYnews: Proportionate to its size, Jackson is frequently shortchanged by the end-of-session earmark legislation, a process driven…

House Speaker Jason White says House willing to renegotiate typo tax bill. But White indicated the House would use leverage to extract new concessions from the Senate https://t.co/SOObiXoQHM

RT @MSTODAYnews: Hosemann oddly claimed victory after House used Senate typos to advance its income tax elimination plan to governor. https…

RT @MSTODAYnews: Now, if the House leadership wanted, it could send the measure to Gov. Tate Reeves, who could sign it into law. The measur…

RT @mintamolly: Hello good people of X, I have some news: This week, I'm starting a new beat @MSTODAYnews covering the city of Jackson. My…

RT @MSTODAYnews: Monday marks the first time the Senate leadership has proposed a plan to eliminate the income tax, a significant move from…

House and Senate negotiations over proposals to drastically overhaul Mississippi’s tax code appear to be at a standstill as lawmakers weigh the impact federal spending cuts could have on one of the nation’s poorest and most federally-dependent states. https://t.co/ue0WbVrbKz

In anti-DEI push, the Senate has offered two key concessions to the House. The Senate agreed to expand the ban on DEI to K-12 schools and agreed to drop a provision that would have created a taskforce to study how the state’s higher education system can become more efficient.

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Legislative Democrats, most of whom are Black, have argued DEI programs were created to correct centuries of discrimination against minorities and women, and that eliminating them would set Mississippi back. https://t.co/TBH7ITj4Y4

It was a privilege to sit next to the incomparable @EWagsterPettus for 2 years at the Capitol, where she devoted herself to exposing how the decisions made inside that building impacted ordinary people. Proud to have been her colleague and even prouder to call her a friend

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The Mississippi Legislature on Thursday honored longtime, award-winning journalist Emily Wagster Pettus for her decades of legislative news coverage. https://t.co/m0LpTI7Lhu