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On Education, Mississippi Shows the Way

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Mississippi leads the nation. That’s not a typographical error. And it’s not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it still is. Mississippi has the lowest or nearly the lowest income levels of any state. It’s been lagging in population growth over the last decade and in the longer term. Mississippi topped the 2-million mark in 1930, and it got within 18,000 of the 3-million mark…

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Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy, becomes first Mississippi woman elected to Congress – USA TODAY

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USA TODAY Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy, becomes first Mississippi woman elected to CongressUSA TODAY“Mississippi was one of the last two states to have never elected a woman to Congress," said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “While Cindy Hyde-Smith got Mississippi out of that undistinguished …Cindy Hyde-Smith becomes Mississippi's 1st woman elected to CongressWABC-TV Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi US Senate runoff amid racial controversiesCNNCindy Hyde-Smith defeats Mike Espy in Senate runoff, becomes state's first woman elected to CongressMississippi TodayKTLAall 2,551…

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