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Trump appoints former Gov. Phil Bryant to FEMA Review Council as state awaits ruling on tornadoes

President Donald Trump has appointed former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to the FEMA Review Council, which Trump has ... Read more

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Governor vetoes hospital budget bill

Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill Thursday that would help stabilize hospitals, calling it the “Grady Twin” of ... Read more

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Mississippi students may no longer have to pass U.S. History assessment test to graduate

The Mississippi Board of Education voted to receive public comment on whether to eliminate the state U.S. history test as ... Read more

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Federal cuts end free STI testing at county health departments as infection rates remain high

Sexually transmitted infection testing is no longer free at county health departments due to recent federal cuts to ... Read more

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Brookhaven native kicks off first MS Film Society Fest

By LAURIE G GUILLAUME MISSISSIPPI TODAY Ryan Parker, executive director of the Mississippi Film Society, is passionate about ... Read more

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State denies repeat violator Drax ability to expand emissions

After over three hours and two executive sessions on Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Permit Board ... Read more

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Early voting proposal killed on Legislature’s last day

(AP) — Mississippi will remain one of only three states without no-excuse early voting or no-excuse absentee voting. ... Read more

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Fifth student receives full ride to college on writers scholarship

The grin on best-selling author Angie Thomas’s face could not have been bigger. The Zoom call, surprising Owen Jarvis with ... Read more

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Speaker says House willing to renegotiate typo tax bill

House Speaker Jason White acknowledged for the first time on Monday that House leaders knowingly passed a typo-riddled ... Read more

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Senate and House pass revised plans to eliminate income tax, increase gasoline tax

The GOP-controlled House and Senate passed competing “compromise” plans on Tuesday to eliminate the state income tax and ... Read more

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