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Mississippi legislation seeks to protect children, teens from online predators
The loss of Walker Montgomery has led to legislation adding protections for minors against online predators.
Both the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act and...
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Lemonade Day
Mississippi’s youngest entrepreneurs get their start in the refreshing beverage business.
There’s something incredibly refreshing about a glass of ice-cold lemonade on a warm day....
Help in distress
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong. – Acts 27:23
Storms and darkness, combined with...
Senate votes to restore voting rights to four people previously convicted of disenfranchising felonies
The state Senate on Wednesday agreed to restore voting rights to four people who have completed their prison sentences and paid restitution for disenfranchising...
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Senate confirms Gov. Tate Reeves’ economic development chief despite report of toxic workplace, claims of harassment
The Mississippi Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Bill Cork as Gov. Tate Reeves’ pick for a permanent chief economic development officer, despite a background...
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‘It’s something practical’: Senator speaks on law allowing sign language classes to count toward high school graduation
Mississippi now has a new law that allows sign language to count as a foreign language credit within the state’s public school system. Governor Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2339, authored by Republican Senator Angela Burks-Hill, which requires the State Board of Education to develop a curriculum in which sign...
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Her grandfather helped bring Medicaid to Mississippi 55 years ago. Today, she’s pushing for expansion.
Supporters of Medicaid expansion would argue that it is wholly appropriate that Leah Hendrix has recently been a featured speaker in rallies at the...
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Breaking down House, Senate Medicaid expansion plans
On Tuesday, conferees from the Mississippi House and Senate met publicly to see if they could iron out differences to expand Medicaid to able-bodied...
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Jackson officials settle lawsuit over George Robinson’s death
The family of a Jackson man who died in 2019 days after an interaction with police officers will receive nearly $18,000 in a wrongful...
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Haggling Over Competing Medicaid Expansion Plans Jeopardizes Effort as Session Nears End
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Medicaid expansion negotiations began among leaders in the Mississippi House and Senate on Tuesday in what could become a landmark...
