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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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Sierra Club challenges Mississippi Public Service Commission’s suspension of solar subsidy programs
The solar subsidies, which have gone completely unused, were implemented in 2022 by former PSC Commissioners Presley and Bailey.
The Sierra Club has filed...
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School Integration Seemed Possible 70 Years Ago. It Hasn’t Happened.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that...
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Federal panel prescribes new mental health strategy to curb maternal deaths
For help, call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Spanish-language services are...
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New law gives state board power to probe officer misconduct
The state’s officer certification and training board now has the power to investigate law enforcement misconduct.
Gov. Tate Reeves signed the bill making it official.
Public...
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Lawmakers punt to next year efforts to expand college aid for low-income Mississippians
A bill to open a college financial aid program for the first time ever to Mississippians who are adult, part-time and very low-income students...
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Lawmakers punt to next year efforts to expand college aid for low-income Mississippians
A bill to open a college financial aid program for the first time ever to Mississippians who are adult, part-time and very low-income students...
