JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2023-24 Superintendent's Annual Report has been released covering Mississippi's historic decade of academic achievement and improved student outcome within the state's public school system. Report highlights include: * Results from the 2023-24 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, which showed that overall students scored proficie  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: Governor Tate Reeves today issued Executive Order No. 1584 to foster stakeholder collaboration and harness artificial intelligence (AI) in Mississippi. This is Mississippi's first executive order pertaining to AI. "AI isn't going anywhere anytime soon," said Governor Tate Reeves. "There are a lot of benefits and risks associated with this technology, and that's why Mississippi ne  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 9 -- The Mississippi Department of Health issued the following news release: The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is excited to announce it has successfully completed a review process to maintain national accreditation status through the national Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). In maintaining its accreditation status for another five years, the MSDH has demonstrated that it meets PHAB's quality standards and measures and has the capacity to cont  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 8 -- The Mississippi State Auditor issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: Today State Auditor Shad White announced he will request $1 million less than last year from the state's general fund from the state legislature for the Office of the State Auditor. "I have repeatedly encouraged other state agencies to save money when possible and operate more like a family, cutting fat and storing money for the future," said Auditor White. "My team and I have done   more