Mississippi

Federal court rules Biden prohibitions on offshore drilling illegal

Friday, October 3 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Former U.S. President Joe Biden overstepped his authority when he ordered a withdrawal of sizable portions of federal waters from future oil and gas development, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled. ... Read More.

Report: 25 state governments don’t have enough money to pay their bills

Monday, September 29 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Half of U.S. states don’t have enough money to cover their bills, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Chicago-based Truth in Accounting. ... Read More.

Report: Mississippi burden is $8,600 per taxpayer

Friday, September 26 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Mississippi does not have enough money to pay its outstanding bills and earned a D grade in the 16th annual Financial State of the States 2025 report. ... Read More.

Louisiana joins four states in complaint against electricity grid operator

Wednesday, September 24 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Louisiana and four other state public service commissions have filed a formal complaint against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, accusing the grid operator of reliance on “patently unreasonable” assumptions to justify $22 billion worth of transmission projects in its long-range... Read More.

WATCH: Report says national student debt more than $1.6T

Friday, September 19 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The college student loan balance in the United States is $1.66 trillion, according to a WalletHub report. To determine the best and worst states with... Read More.

Best, worst states for teachers ranked as student scores drop

Monday, September 15 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Virginia is the No. 1 state for teachers' pay and public spending per student. At the same time, it's No. 51 for students' math scores,... Read More.

Report: Only two states better than Mississippi in teacher freedom

Sunday, September 14 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Only two states are better than Mississippi in teacher freedom, a report from the Heritage Foundation says The Education Freedom Report Card put Mississippi 17th... Read More.

Report: Ole Miss, Mississippi State nearly identical on free speech

Friday, September 12 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Ole Miss and Mississippi State are nearly identical in the largest annual review of free speech for colleges and universities. The only two of eight... Read More.

Trump HHS tells states to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding

Thursday, August 28 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding, with a family advocate praising the move. ... Read More.

Federal court rules Biden prohibitions on offshore drilling illegal

Report: 25 state governments don’t have enough money to pay their bills

Report: Mississippi burden is $8,600 per taxpayer

Louisiana joins four states in complaint against electricity grid operator

WATCH: Report says national student debt more than $1.6T

Best, worst states for teachers ranked as student scores drop

Report: Only two states better than Mississippi in teacher freedom

Report: Ole Miss, Mississippi State nearly identical on free speech

Trump HHS tells states to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding

MAGNET seeks to drive industry to the South

Katrina displaced 1.5M across the South, only 61% returned to New Orleans

Twenty years later, Katrina still among Atlantic’s most deadly, costly

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