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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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National media butchers Mississippi Highway Patrol story
Last week, a video of an altercation between a Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and a citizen in McComb went viral. The short clip showed...
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Mississippi Today hosted chef Vishwesh Bhatt for a members-only book club
For Mississippi Today’s first members-only book club, managing editor Kayleigh Skinner was joined by award-winning chef and now author Vishwesh Bhatt to answer questions...
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Mississippian gets new liver after insurance dispute forced him to get care out of state
The 28-year-old Neshoba County man who had to travel to Houston for a liver transplant because of a dispute between his insurer and the...
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Joins Mississippi’s Fight Against PBMs
Early in July, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined a fight I’ve been waging in Mississippi for the last few years: the fight to hold...
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Brandon Presley’s upcoming fundraiser has Democrats talking about 2023
It doesn’t appear Presley is chomping at the bit to follow in fellow Democrat Jim Hood’s footsteps, but he is reading the tea leaves.
In...
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This week marks a year since the Taliban took over Afghanistan as the U.S. withdrew
Senators Hyde-Smith, Wicker comment on the one-year mark, expressing concern for the people left under the Taliban’s oppression.
A year ago, twenty years after being...