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New Poll: Mississippi GOP primary voters overwhelmingly back major school choice bill
By RUSS LATINO - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,01/29/26-4:38PM , 167 Reads 3,549 Statewide
74% of likely Republican primary voters support the Mississippi Education Freedom Act.
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Hunt sworn in to District 3 seat.
Pictured from the left: District 3 Board Member Thomas Michael Hunt, Superintendent Joey Carpenter, and Chancery Clerk Casey Carpenter.

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Hunt Sworn in as District 3 School Board Member
By PEYTON POE - Staff Writer
Thu,01/29/26-10:28AM , 3,456 Reads
Thursday, Jan. 15 at the regularly scheduled Carroll County School District Board of Education meeting, the Board approved to appoint Thomas Michael Hunt to the recently vacated District 3 seat. Hunt was nominated by sitting District 1 Board Member Kenneth DeLoach.
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The Other Side Podcast: Senate education chairman DeBar says school choice vouchers remain a no-go in the Senate
By GEOFF PENDER AND DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/27/26-12:38PM , 4,779 Reads 13,709 Statewide
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar says he will allow his committee to vote on the House’s school choice measure, but he’s still convinced the proposal to spend public money on private schooling will not pass in the Senate. Why are senators opposed to this? He explains.
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Some K-12 schools and college campuses remain closed Tuesday after winter storm
By MISSISSIPPI TODAY STAFF
Tue,01/27/26-12:32PM , 410 Reads 5,434 Statewide
In some areas of Mississippi, such as Oxford and Lafayette County, schools will remain closed for the rest of the week.
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