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State Auditor’s Office Releases Cybersecurity Report
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White’s office released a cybersecurity report regarding students’ ability to access potentially harmful and explicit materials online.
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Carol Jackson Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money from Needy School Children
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Carol Jackson, former Executive Director of the non-profit On Track, has pleaded guilty to...
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Former MDOC Probation Officer Dendrick Hurd is Guilty of Embezzlement
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor Shad White announced today that Dendrick Hurd, a former Mississippi Department of Correction (MDOC) probation officer, pled guilty to...
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Two of Mississippi’s four U.S. House incumbents face runoffs
Two of Mississippi’s four incumbent U.S. House members on Tuesday were forced into June 28 runoffs with challengers.
Neither Michael Guest, representing the 3rd Congressional...
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The state fighting to dismantle abortion rights has a long history of permissive abortion laws
When Mississippi asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, it argued that a long tradition of state restrictions on abortion in...
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Report: Mississippi misses opportunity to make the most out of child care stimulus funds
While pandemic child tax credits meaningfully reduced financial stress for Mississippi families, federal child care supports have been less effective than in other states...
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USM knocks off LSU, sets up monster of a Super Regional with Ole Miss
HATTIESBURG – Nothing was easy. Nothing ever is for Southern Miss, no matter the sport, no matter the venue.
But Scott Berry’s Golden Eagles achieved...
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Nonprofit aims to open Mississippi’s first birth center
After giving birth to her first child in a hospital in January 2019, Jasmine Williams knew she never wanted to go through that experience...
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Arrest warrant for woman who accused Emmett Till found nearly 67 years later in courthouse basement
An unserved arrest warrant in the lynching case of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago has been...
FAQ: Abortion in Mississippi post-Roe v. Wade
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Arrest warrant for woman who accused Emmett Till found nearly 67 years later in courthouse basement
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