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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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Poorly disclosed flow of money to media raises questions in UMMC/BCBS dispute
A public healthcare entity and a non-profit media outlet share high dollar donors making transparency a challenge.
As first reported Friday on Jackson Jambalaya, there...
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‘What happened?’ Health department will hire an outsider to evaluate Mississippi COVID-19 response
How well did Mississippi respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? The health department is hiring an outside contractor to answer that question.
The contractor, who should...
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House Republicans respond to media-driven Ethics Commission complaints about caucus meetings
Ethics Commission could rule by year end if they, in fact, have jurisdiction. Read the complaints from the media outlet and responses by the...
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Feds fine Mississippi Wingstop stores run by family of rapper Rick Ross
Rapper Rick Ross’ family, which operates several Wingstop franchises, owns the five Mississippi locations the labor department found to be illegally deducting money from workers’...
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Alice Walker’s journals offer a ‘workbook’ for artists
“Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker” – the almost 500 page anthropology of diary entries by the acclaimed writer – starts...
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James Meredith is still a man on a mission
Activist and author James Meredith relaxes in the back yard of his Jackson home, looking dapper in an off-white suit and Panama-style straw hat....