Molly Minta
@mintamolly.bsky.social
Jackson reporter @mississippitoday.org. Used to cover higher ed.
When I moved to MS in April 2025, I didn’t know how the state was managing opioid settlements. Turns out, a lot of the public didn’t either. Even the state’s recovery advocates, many who had suffered from the opioid epidemic, didn’t know much about the money.
Mississippi's attorney general is backing legislation to staunch statewide gang violence. But the bill could just put more children in prison. mississippitoday.org/2026/02/17/a...
‘We’ve got to try something different’: Anti-gang bill could put more children in prison - Mississippi Today
Legislation advancing through each chamber would lead to harsher punishment for an unknown number of children in the state by creating new avenues for prosecutors to charge minors as adults.
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
Madison County Circuit Court Judge Bradley Mills dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today on Friday, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.
A win for press freedom: Judge dismisses Gov. Phil Bryant’s lawsuit against Mississippi Today - Mississippi Today
A state judge dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.
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The story was co-reported by @jonmarcusboston.bsky.social and Open Campus reporters: @mintamolly.bsky.social at @mississippitoday.org, Amy Morona at Signal Ohio, & Brianna Atkinson @wunc.bsky.social. It was also published by @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs ranging from music to chemistry.
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