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State’s economy rebounding, but growth expected to slow

Mississippi is poised to have its biggest spike in economic growth since 2008, according to the latest forecast ... Read more

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Gov. Reeves ends previous COVID-19 restrictions, keeps school mask mandate

More than 14 months after COVID-19 reached Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves has rolled back all COVID-related restrictions except ... Read more

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Is the Mississippi ballot initiative working as intended?

Mississippi voters’ right to change the state constitution hangs in the balance with the state Supreme Court, at ... Read more

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State Supreme Court to hear medical marijuana arguments today

  Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler on Oct. 26 filed a challenge to ballot Initiative 65 on medical ... Read more

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MDOC officials to prisoners: Take COVID-19 vaccine or face serious consequences

Leaders of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, the agency that oversees the state’s prison system, publicly say COVID-19 ... Read more

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Lawmakers send parole expansion to Gov. Reeves, who vetoed last try

Advocates of changing Mississippi laws to expand parole opportunities for state inmates are hoping their efforts will be ... Read more

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‘We got totally screwed’: Dobbs explains why Mississippi trails others in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the race to return to normalcy is a numbers game, ... Read more

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Top education boards may lack quorums after inaction from Gov. Tate Reeves

Gov. Tate Reeves has not made appointments to fill vacancies on Mississippi’s two main education boards — a ... Read more

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Reeves signs law that allows troopers to use radar in cities

When a group of people shut down Interstate-55 in Jackson on New Year’s weekend, officers of the Mississippi ... Read more

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No bill alive in Legislature to keep Medicaid going

No bill is currently alive in the Mississippi Legislature to continue the state’s Division of Medicaid past June ... Read more