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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 two things, cinema and serving the Mississippi ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, April 11, 2025 1:00 pm

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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 denied Drax’s application to become a “major” ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 1:50 pm

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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. Senate leaders, on the last day of ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, April 4, 2025 11:46 am

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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 news he had won the full-ride scholarship ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 1:07 pm

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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 plan to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system that ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:01 am

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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 raise gasoline taxes — but the Senate ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 1:00 pm

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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann collapses at podium, reported to be doing OK

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann on Wednesday morning collapsed while presiding over the state Senate chamber. He was later reported to be doing OK, but few ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Thursday, February 20, 2025 10:00 am

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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann collapses at Mississippi Senate podium

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann on Wednesday morning collapsed while presiding over the state Senate chamber. Medical staff tended to him as he appeared to be ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, February 19, 2025 11:45 am

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Measures allowing former felons to regain voting rights clear House committees 

Two measures allowing some people convicted of disenfranchising felony offenses to regain their voting rights passed a House committee on Tuesday, allowing the House to ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Thursday, February 6, 2025 9:21 am

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AG Lynn Fitch says Auditor Shad White overstepped authority paying consultant $2 million

By Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison   At the request of a top lawmaker, Attorney General Lynn Fitch opined that state Auditor Shad White lacked ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, December 11, 2024 4:00 pm

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