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Expansion dead and Medicaid tech bill incomplete as the 2024 session wraps
In the last days of the 2024 Legislative session, both the Medicaid expansion and Medicaid tech bills were killed, but a budget was adopted...
State approves $160M to expand Highway 7 to four lanes in Lafayette County
State lawmakers have approved $160 million to go toward widening Highway 7 to four lanes in one of the fastest-growing regions of the state. According to Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill, the investment paired with an additional $15M appropriated in 2023 will allow for the additional lanes on Highway 7 South...
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Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session
The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger...
Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session
The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger...
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Study: Mississippi among minority of states most dependent on sales tax
The individual income tax, which House Speaker Philip Gunn, Gov. Tate Reeves and others want to eliminate in Mississippi, is the largest source of...
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‘Whipping child’: Nancy New asked highest officials for help before arrests in welfare scandal
In the days and weeks leading up to their arrests in early 2020, Nancy New and her son Zach New sought help from Mississippi’s...
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‘It was an easy choice for me’: 17% of teachers left their district in the 2020-21 school year
Jasmine Cleark-Gibson left teaching last month after seven and a half years in the classroom. It was time for a change. The lack of...
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‘I am very disappointed’: Bill LaForge abruptly out as Delta State president
The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees has decided that Delta State University president William LaForge’s last day will be at the end...
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New law gives MDOC commissioner choice in how people are executed
Mississippi is set to become the first state where prison officials can choose how a person sentenced to death is executed.
Starting July 1, the...
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Re-entry as a path to second chances
Re-entry provides a path to second chances and is one of the key pillars of the criminal justice system.
These types of programs give former...