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Mississippi moves toward reviving an initiative process
JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi legislators are working to revive a way for people to petition to put issues on the statewide ballot. This is happening ...
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U.S. Rep. Guest will face four challengers in the party primary
JACKSON (AP) — The Republican U.S. Representative Michael Guest, who represents Central Mississippi in the 3rd District, will face four challengers in the party primaries ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, March 3, 2022 7:44 am
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Mississippi teacher pay survives legislators’ political spat
JACKSON (AP) — Proposals to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the U.S. were in danger Tuesday as Mississippi legislators engaged in a ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 7:29 am
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Woodville woman dies in I-10 wreck, crashing into stopped police car
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 23-year-old Woodville woman has died after crashing into a sheriff’s office SUV that was stopped with its emergency lights flashing ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 7:53 am
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Mississippi House panel OKs limits on teaching about race
JACKSON (AP) — A Mississippi House committee divided along lines of race and party Monday in advancing a bill that would limit how race can ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 7:48 am
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Rebels extend athletic director’s contract, ink four-year deal worth $1.1 million annually
OXFORD,(AP) — Ole Miss has extended the contract of vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics Keith Carter with a four-year deal worth $1.1 million annually. The ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, February 28, 2022 4:47 pm
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Russia-Ukraine War: What to know as Ukraine resists advance
Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance on key cities, at least for now, while a Ukrainian delegation arrived at the border with Belarus on Monday for ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, February 28, 2022 7:50 am
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Analysis: Legislative deadline will whittle list of issues
JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi legislators completed two big items several weeks ago when they adopted a congressional redistricting plan and enacted a medical marijuana law. ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, February 28, 2022 7:42 am
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Death of Warren County jail inmate under investigation
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Mississippi jail inmate who died at a hospital. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has ...
by The Associated Press, Friday, February 25, 2022 8:17 am
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Visitation to resume at Louisiana prisons
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety and Corrections is resuming visitation at state prisons, the agency said in a Tuesday news ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:16 am
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Lt Gov: Louisiana’s littering unacceptable, disgusts him
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of Louisiana’s new task force to fight a persistent litter problem says he saw mattress, rolls of shrink-wrap ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 8:09 am
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Ole Miss, Mississippi State defeat SEC East opponents in hoops
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored 16 points, Shakeel Moore made a layup with 10.5 seconds left and Mississippi State beat Missouri 58-56 Sunday ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, February 21, 2022 8:22 am
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Abortion rights funds brace for impact ahead of court ruling
In the past few months, the number of women who call Fund Texas Choice has doubled to more than 100 per week. The demand, driven ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, February 17, 2022 7:18 am
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WEATHER: Strong storms, tornadoes possible on Thursday
JACKSON (AP) — Large parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky will be at risk of powerful thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes as a storm ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, February 16, 2022 7:40 am
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Justice attorney: Mississippi jail’s failure to follow orders has ’caused people to die, suffer injuries, live in ongoing danger’
JACKSON (AP) — The failure of Mississippi’s largest county to follow federal orders to improve jail conditions has “caused people to die, suffer injuries and ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 8:26 am
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Authorities searching for inmate accused of escaping Mississippi prison
PEARL (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in central Mississippi. Michael Floyd Wilson, 51, is accused of ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, February 14, 2022 7:32 am
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Mississippi could rethink a Medicaid managed care contract
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House has voted to make the state’s Medicaid program end a contract with health care giant Centene, although that ...
by The Associated Press, Sunday, February 13, 2022 9:27 pm
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Bayou Bengals outlast Bulldogs
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 23 points to spark LSU to a 69-65 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night. Eason came ...
by The Associated Press, Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:36 am
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New joint: Cannabis facility being built in Hinds County
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A cannabis production facility is under construction in Hinds County, company officials told WJTV. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Feb. 2 ...
by The Associated Press, Saturday, February 12, 2022 7:41 am
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A playbook to Super Bowl 56
The Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will as usual be the biggest ...
by The Associated Press, Saturday, February 12, 2022 7:31 am
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