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Local leaders question bill to change how MDAH board members are appointed

Local leaders question bill to change how MDAH board members are appointed
Mississippi State Capitol (Source: WLBT)
By Anthony Warren | March 6, 2021 at 2:46 PM CST - Updated March 8 at 9:14 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
That’s the stance many state and local leaders, and history buffs alike, are taking in response to the Senate’s passage of S.B. 2727.
The bill mandates that new members of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees be appointed by the governor or lieutenant governor.
Right now, members are appointed by fellow trustees, making the board the only self-perpetuating board in the state. ....

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Mississippi grieves the death of former Gov. William Winter

Mississippi grieves the death of former Gov. William Winter
December 19, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, former Gov. William Winter speaks at the announcement of a $2.5 million donation to the Foundation for Mississippi History and will be used for exhibits in the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, both under construction in Jackson. Family spokesman Dick Molpus says Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, that Winter died Friday night at home in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, former Gov. William Winter speaks at the announcement of a $2.5 million donation to the Foundation for Mississippi History and will be used for exhibits in the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, both under construction in Jackson. Family spokesman Dick Molpus says Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, that Winter died Friday night at home in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, ....

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Fmr. Mississippi Governor William Winter dies at age 97

Fmr. Mississippi Governor William Winter dies at age 97
William Winter (Source: WLBT Archives)
By Justin Dixon | December 19, 2020 at 9:51 AM CST - Updated December 19 at 10:14 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Former Mississippi Governor William Winter died Friday at the age of 97, the Associated Press reported.
Winter was Mississippiâs 58th governor from 1980-1984.
He is known for the Education Reform Act of 1982, which is considered the most significant educational legislation enacted in Mississippi since the establishment of its public school system in 1870.
Winter also led the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees for nearly fifty years.
He joined the board in 1957, was elected president in 1969, and served in that role until 2007. During that time, he oversaw the opening of the Eudora Welty House, the restoration of the Old Capitol, and the construction of a state-of-the-art archives building that the state legisla ....

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