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Columbus Students Commemorate Local Emancipation, Freedom Summer In Local Celebration
COLUMBUS, Miss.—The summer after his sophomore year at Amherst College in June 1964, Peter Norall joined the Freedom Summer efforts in Columbus, Miss., to...
Columbus Students Commemorate Local Emancipation, Freedom Summer In Local Celebration
COLUMBUS, Miss.—The summer after his sophomore year at Amherst College in June 1964, Peter Norall joined the Freedom Summer efforts in Columbus, Miss., to...
Reeves celebrates Medicaid expansion dying as Hosemann questions governor’s numbers
Mississippi lawmakers were unable to come to terms on a plan to expand Medicaid during the recently ended session, and Gov. Tate Reeves wasted no time celebrating what he believes to be a victory. In a lengthy social media post following Tuesday’s official sine die, the Republican governor who often...
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Report: Mississippi’s unemployment rate reaches new record low
Mississippi has experienced yet another record-low unemployment rate, Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Friday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Mississippi’s unemployment rate reached 2.8% in April — the lowest percentage ever seen by the state. Reeves attributed gains the state has amassed in education and private investments...
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Videos: Where do Ezell, Palazzo stand on the issues?
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo faces challenger Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell in Tuesday’s runoff for the GOP primary for the 4th District...
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Despite a downward trend in teen births, Mississippi tops nation in 2020
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Mississippi again leads the nation in teen births despite declining rates both in the state and across...
Government
Study: Mississippi among minority of states most dependent on sales tax
The individual income tax, which House Speaker Philip Gunn, Gov. Tate Reeves and others want to eliminate in Mississippi, is the largest source of...
Headline
‘Whipping child’: Nancy New asked highest officials for help before arrests in welfare scandal
In the days and weeks leading up to their arrests in early 2020, Nancy New and her son Zach New sought help from Mississippi’s...
State News
‘It was an easy choice for me’: 17% of teachers left their district in the 2020-21 school year
Jasmine Cleark-Gibson left teaching last month after seven and a half years in the classroom. It was time for a change. The lack of...
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‘I am very disappointed’: Bill LaForge abruptly out as Delta State president
The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees has decided that Delta State University president William LaForge’s last day will be at the end...
