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Ex-governor seeks to open medical marijuana testing facility

JACKSON (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is teaming up with a health care executive to apply ...

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More on the life of Ferriday, Natchez born Mickey Gilley

NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” ...

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2 killed in Georgia, Texas as damaging storms strike South

Violent storms killed at least two people, one in Georgia and another in Texas, on Tuesday as hail, ...

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Mississippi governor signs state’s largest income tax cut

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its ...

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Mississippi joins states limiting outside election funding

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private ...

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Mississippi lawmakers aim to finish budget and end session

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi legislators are returning to the Capitol on Monday with hopes of finishing their 2022 ...

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Brett Favre received $1.1 million in welfare money for no-show speeches, auditor says

A nonprofit group caught up in an embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former ...

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Mississippi Republicans win statewide races

Mississippi voters handed Republicans continued control of the governor’s office and victories in six other statewide races, as ...

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Search and rescue teams stationed in Mississippi

Search-and-rescue teams are stationed at three places in Mississippi in preparation for torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm Barry ...

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Morganza Spillway opening postponed

Plans to open a major Mississippi River spillway have been canceled, at least for the time being.

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Cochran’s funeral set for Capitol

A funeral will be held next week in the Mississippi Capitol for former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, a ...

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Fire engulfs historic Notre Dame Cathedral

A massive fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations ...

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Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves gov took part in Confederate frat parties

While in college in the 1990s, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves took part in his fraternity's Old South ...

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Another outage at Grand Gulf nuclear plant in southwest Mississippi raises concerns

Another unplanned outage at Mississippi's Grand Gulf nuclear power plant is adding to regulators' concerns over reliability problems ...

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Farm bill orders sale of federal land to group considering Lake Okhissa development

A southwest Mississippi group will be able to buy some land around a reservoir following Congress' passage this ...

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Alexandria, La., woman killed when brothers fight over gun

Police in Louisiana say a woman was killed when two brothers fought over a gun and the weapon ...

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Woman, teen killed Sunday in separate shootings in Jackson

A 25-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man have been shot to death in separate incidents in Mississippi's capital ...

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Cars for sale: Auto museum in Mississippi closing next year

An automobile museum in Mississippi is closing next year, with the co-founder saying it's no longer "sustainable" for ...

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137 murders and counting: New Orleans on pace to have fewest murders since 1971

With just over two weeks left in 2018, New Orleans is on pace to see a significant drop ...

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Brothers charged in death of man wrapped in duct tape

A grand jury has handed up an indictment charging two brothers in the death of a Louisiana man ...

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