EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Magee Courier-Simpson County News

Home

Tanya Marsaw, a parent of four with one child in a public middle school, and a member of Parents For Public Schools, listens as attorneys for the nonprofit group present arguments in Hinds County Chancery Court, in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in a lawsuit claiming the state is violating its own constitution with a federally funded grant program for private schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Mississippi mom: Private-school grants hurt public education
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,08/23/22-12:48PM , 71 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mother testified Tuesday that her child's public school is harmed by the state putting $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools.
Click Here to Read More

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves addresses the crowd at the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment at what might be the country's largest campground fair. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Court to hear case on Mississippi grants to private schools
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,08/22/22-3:16PM , 67 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that says the state is violating its own constitution by directing $10 million in pandemic relief money to private schools.
Click Here to Read More

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters after his address at the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment at what might be the country's largest campground fair. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

AP
free content

Mississippi changes legal team to handle welfare fraud case
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,08/18/22-1:02PM , 52 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
Click Here to Read More

House Education Committee member Ashley Henley, R-Southaven, asks a question about teacher pay raise legislation presented before the committee on Jan. 31, 2019, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Billy Lamar Brooks has been indicted on a murder charge a year after the former Mississippi lawmaker was shot to death while she was doing yard work in a rural area where her sister-in-law had died. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

AP
free content

Man indicted in shooting death of ex Mississippi lawmaker
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,07/09/22-12:26PM , 3,141 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man has been indicted on a murder charge a year after a former Mississippi lawmaker was shot to death while she was doing yard work in a rural area where her sister-in-law had died.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS