BY PHIL MCCAUSLAND pjmccaus@go.olemiss.edu   My friend told me that his girlfriend tried to renew her driver’s license yesterday but couldn’t because the DMV was closed for a holiday. I asked what holiday, and he explained that the state of Mississippi was celebrating Confederate Memorial Day. Really guys? Is the state of Mississippi trying to be a target? Celebrating...

A bill was passed in the Senate Thursday, which would provide $8 million for voluntary preschool programs throughout Mississippi if passed in the House. The state of Mississippi could receive $8 million in funding for pre-K programs from the State Department of Education with a bill that was passed Thursday in the Senate, but the bill has yet to be passed by the House. The...