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As heat rises, inmates and staff swelter in Mississippi’s prisons
As of Friday, five of the six locations where Mississippi’s prisons are located are under a National Weather Service heat advisory.
And the Mississippi Department...
As heat rises, inmates and staff swelter in Mississippi’s prisons
As of Friday, five of the six locations where Mississippi’s prisons are located are under a National Weather Service heat advisory.
And the Mississippi Department...
State News
‘From the ground up’: How one community-run program is getting more kids to college
Maple Smith has lived all her adult life in Greenville, save for the four years she spent in undergrad at Mississippi State University. A...
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Mississippi’s largest hospital and insurer ‘not optimistic’ about reaching an agreement, leaving families in impossible positions
Brittany Brown of Madison was on the way to a photo shoot for her newborn son when she got a phone call from the...
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Mississippi legislators want to save money on prisoners’ health care. Reluctance to expand parole makes that tricky.
Reluctance to expand parole may have led Mississippi legislators to unwittingly sabotage an effort to save state money by shifting some incarcerated people’s health...
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Tupelo couple sues north Mississippi hospital for alleged balance billing
A Tupelo couple is suing a north Mississippi hospital and its affiliates over an alleged balance-billing scheme that cost them nearly $50,000.
Balance billing is...
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Empower releases video on tax reform
As the Mississippi legislature adopts the largest tax cut in state history, Empower Mississippi has released a video explaining the tax reform changes.
The new...
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Covington County School Board Faces Up Hill Battle with Consolidation Plan
The president of the Covington County school board has resigned because he could not advance a plan to reconstruct and consolidate the Covington County...
