Richardson’s debut poetry collection is released
By Special to The Dispatch 5 hours ago
Columbus poet Thomas Richardson’s first full-length collection “How to Read” has been released by independent press Friendly City Books. The book received praise from poets C. T. Salazar, the winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters’ 2020 Poetry Award, and Jacqueline Allen Trimble, the winner of the 2017 Balcones Poetry Prize, among others.
A virtual event with Richardson is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, at 5:30 p.m. CT on Zoom. The author will be available for virtual events, as well as in-person readings and signings in the Southeast region during summer 2021.
University student’s lawsuit leads to change in state law
By SLIM SMITH, The Commercial DispatchMay 8, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) Of all the bills passed into law by the Mississippi Legislature in 2021, one of them raised eyebrows.
House Bill 1312 swept through the Legislature by a combined 159-6 vote and was signed into law in April. The new law, which exempts certain beauty care providers from being required to obtain an esthetician license, is the result of a lawsuit filed by former Mississippi University for Women graduate student Dipa Bhattarai against the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology. In 2019, the Mississippi Justice Institute filed the suit on behalf of Bhattarai, who argued the 600 hours of classroom training needed to attain a license, none of it related to her eyebrow threading practice, forced her to close her two eyebrow threading businesses in Columbus and Starkville.
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Oktibbeha supes consider four finalists for new county administrator
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY The board of supervisors could hire a new county administrator as soon as this week.
After receiving 24 applications for the position, supervisors interviewed four finalists in a special-call open session Monday. However, county officials did not alert the media about the meeting, nor were the interviews livestreamed or posted later on the county’s YouTube channel even though most supervisors’ meetings in the last two years have been.
Emily Garrard
The new county administrator will replace Emily Garrard, who is retiring in June after seven years in that position and 18 total working for the county.