Nov 4, 2015: WTOK: GOP Leaders Could Revamp School Funding Plans
Dick Molpus, a Democratic former secretary of state, spent at least $200,000 to push Initiative 42. He says more than 300,000 people voted for the proposal, and they could press lawmakers to fully fund a school budget formula that has been shortchanged most years since it was put into law in 1997.
Dick Molpus, a Democratic former secretary of state, spent at least $200,000 to push Initiative 42. He says more than 300,000 people voted for the proposal, and they could press lawmakers to fully fund a school budget formula that has been shortchanged most years since it was put into law in 1997.
Jan 13, 2015: Hechinger Report: Have legislators thwarted a chance to bring funds to cash-strapped Mississippi schools?
Dick Molpus, a former Democratic secretary of state and longtime education advocate in Mississippi, denounced the House amendment as “an attempt to circumvent the voter’s voice,” and effectively kill the effort to get more resources in the state’s cash-strapped schools, which post some of the lowest test scores in the U.S.
Dick Molpus, a former Democratic secretary of state and longtime education advocate in Mississippi, denounced the House amendment as “an attempt to circumvent the voter’s voice,” and effectively kill the effort to get more resources in the state’s cash-strapped schools, which post some of the lowest test scores in the U.S.
June 10, 2014: Hechinger Report: Q & A with Dick Molpus: Anatomy of historic apology for hometown’s racist and violence past on eve of Freedom Summer anniversary
Mississippi’s former Democratic Secretary of State Dick Molpus, born and raised in Neshoba County, stood up 25 years ago at the Mount Zion Church in his hometown of Philadelphia and officially apologized to the families of the three slain civil rights workers murdered when they came to help blacks register to vote.
Mississippi’s former Democratic Secretary of State Dick Molpus, born and raised in Neshoba County, stood up 25 years ago at the Mount Zion Church in his hometown of Philadelphia and officially apologized to the families of the three slain civil rights workers murdered when they came to help blacks register to vote.
Richard "Dick" Molpus (born September 7, 1949) is a former Democratic Secretary of State of Mississippi and businessman. A Philadelphia, Mississippi native and a 1971 Business Administration graduate of the University of Mississippi, Molpus served for a number of years as Vice President of Manufacturing for Molpus Lumber Company.