MAS-MC Fall Workshop Zoom Access
Topic: MAS-MC Fall Workshop Date: Sept. 27-Sept.28, 2021 Time: Sep 27, 2021 02:00 PM to 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Time: Sep 28, 2021 09:30 AM to 03:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81346131858?pwd=REI2VDlFd3lBb1dCS1N3TkJTZjN6UT09 Meeting ID: 813 4613 1858 Passcode: masmc One tap mobile +13017158592,,81346131858#,,,,*941126# US (Washington [...]
Supervisor Melton Harris (Jackson County) Funeral Announcement
The Mississippi Association of Supervisors is saddened to share the visitation and funeral information for Jackson County Supervisor Melton Harris. The funeral service will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at the Jackson County Civic Center, 2902 Shortcut Road in the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Visitation and viewing is one hour [...]
2021 MAS-MC Scholarship Recipients
De’Marcus Kentrell Jackson Natchez High School Adams Deon Wilkins McAdams High School Attala Tancy Duren J. Z. George High School Carroll Addison Olivia Gooden Coahoma Early College High School Coahoma Joshua Alexander Briscoe St. Joseph Catholic High School Hinds Kaitlin Monae’ Kimbrough Holmes County Central [...]
American Rescue Act Update (April 15, 2021)
American Rescue Act Update (April 15, 2021) The American Rescue Plan Act provides $350 billion in emergency funding for state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, or its negative economic impacts, including by providing assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries, such as [...]
Understanding Mississippi Ad Valorem Tax and the County Budget Process
The Mississippi Association of Supervisors Minority Caucus (MAS-MC) in collaboration with the Mississippi State University Center for Government Technology will present, “Understanding Mississippi Ad Valorem Tax and the County Budget Process” on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. This one-hour session will be a virtual presentation via Zoom. To access the Zoom presentation, please [...]
Bolivar County Votes to Remove Confederate Monument
A Confederate statue remains outside the Bolivar County Courthouse in Cleveland, Mississippi on July 3, 2020. CLEVELAND — The Bolivar County Board of Supervisors has voted to remove the Confederate monument in front of the Cleveland courthouse. Supervisor Jacorius Liner made the motion to remove it; no supervisors voted against the motion. At their last meeting, [...]
Virtual Meeting Press Release
Official Press Release For Immediate Release – July 6, 2020 Contact Person: Andrew L. Smith (601)573-7163 or (601)446-3060 Minority Supervisors Caucus to Hold Virtual Annual Meeting The Mississippi Association of Supervisors Minority Caucus (MAS-MC), in consideration of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, announced on June26 that it will transition its 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled for [...]
Mississippi Officially Retires Its State Flag
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today Mississippi Highway Patrol officers furl the state flag outside of the Capitol in Jackson on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mississippi’s former state flag with the divisive Confederate battle emblem in its canton was officially retired to a museum on Wednesday after flying over the state for 126 years. Flags were [...]
Bill Bynum: Netflix’s $10 million investment will help HOPE close state’s wealth gap
HOPE Enterprise Corporation Bill Bynum, CEO of HOPE Credit Union ITTA BENA — When the coronavirus pandemic hit, pre-existing health, education, housing, and economic conditions amplified the impact on the country’s most vulnerable people, including those living in the southernmost region — particularly the Mississippi Delta. Bill Bynum, CEO of HOPE Credit Union, a [...]