JACKSON ⢠Forty-six Mississippi historians have signed a letter urging state lawmakers to reject a proposal that would let politicians choose who oversees the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
â(W)e are asking that you not interfere with the independence of an entity that has done so much good work for our state,â said the letter, distributed to House members Thursday. âTo improve this invaluable Department, what is needed is an increase in funding. Please do not politicize its Board of Trustees.â
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Senate Bill 2727 would turn the agencyâs nine-member board into a panel appointed by the governor and lieutenant governor rather than one that selects its own members, as has been the case since 1902. The legislation quietly cleared the Senate on a party-line vote earlier this month and now awaits consideration in the House.
The Tigers returned to action Wednesday night at FedExForum after an 18-day shutdown due to positive Covid cases in the Memphis program. With four postponed.
Memphis-based dronegaze band Nonconnah released their third full-length record, Songs for and About Ghosts, this February via Ernest Jennings Record Co. The band, made up.