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State/National News

Health groups still seek higher cigarette taxes

JACKSON (AP) — Anti-smoking advocates are renewing their call for Mississippi lawmakers to raise taxes on tobacco products ... Read more

Opinion

Muddy Senate race cost $20M, 2 reputations

In 2018, Mississippi voters elected two U.S. senators. The two elections saw about $27. 6 million expended with ... Read more

State/National News

McCarty elected appeals justice

JACKSON (AP) — A Jackson lawyer has won a position on Mississippi’s Court of Appeals in a runoff, ... Read more

News

GOP US Sen. Hyde-Smith wins divisive runoff

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has won a divisive Mississippi runoff to remain in office. ... Read more

State/National News

5 die in wrecks on Mississippi highways over Thanksgiving

JACKSON (AP) — Five people have died in wrecks on Mississippi highways during the Thanksgiving holiday period. Mississippi ... Read more

State/National News

Police: Barber shop owner shot dead by masked men

JACKSON (AP) — Police say a barber shop owner in Mississippi has been shot to death by men ... Read more

Sports

USM bowl eligible with victory over UTEP

(AP) — Southern Miss is going bowling after all. Rachuan Mitchell returned an interception 41 yards for a ... Read more

Opinion Columnists

Lawmaker: State should lift voting burdens

A Mississippi state senator says he wants to find ways to remove burdens from the state’s voting process, ... Read more

Opinion Columnists

Acosta: It’s about the fame, not journalism

Tension between the press and public officials is a good thing. The greater worry for this public is ... Read more

State/National News

Dem’s path to U.S. Senate victory in MS: black votes

(AP) — The special election for a U.S. Senate seat in deeply conservative Mississippi wasn’t supposed to be ... Read more