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MS Senate rejects plan to expand Medicaid

Senate Republicans rejected two efforts late Tuesday afternoon to expand Medicaid, which would provide coverage to an estimated 300,000 Mississippians who cannot otherwise afford health ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:00 am

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Reeves extends mask mandate for 75 counties

The mask mandate that covers most of the state has been extended until March 3. Under the updated mask mandate put in place Wednesday by ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Thursday, February 4, 2021 8:24 am

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Mississippi lawmakers consider allowing home delivery of booze

A bill being considered in the Mississippi Legislature would allow for home delivery of beer, wine and hard liquor. Deliveries could only be made to ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:32 pm

Mississippi News

President Trump to host rally in Jackson on Sept. 14

President Donald Trump is coming to Mississippi — again. Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, September 7, 2018 11:47 am

Mississippi News

14th inmate death quietly announced by Mississippi Department of Corrections

By Mississippi Today JACKSON — Another Mississippi prisoner died this week, pushing the total to 14 deaths for the state’s Department of Corrections this month. ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Thursday, August 30, 2018 1:23 pm

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Republicans, poised to create the state’s first lottery, long considered the games bad for the poor

By Mississippi Today JACKSON  — Gov. Phil Bryant stood under the Capitol dome in January of 2016 and fielded a broad set of questions from ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Monday, August 27, 2018 11:30 am

State/National News

Medical marijuana campaign puts conservative backers in a ‘strange position’

What stands out most on the website for Medical Marijuana 2020, a proposed ballot initiative, are the names of its backers. Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:31 pm

State/National News

MDOT director: Reeves staff used ‘political authority’ to keep frontage road project on time

Mississippi Department of Transportation Executive Director Melinda McGrath, in a letter to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, did not refute her claim that Senate pressure played ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:17 pm

State/National News

Curtis Flowers case: Prosecutors seek to bar death row inmate from attending mother’s funeral

Death row prisoner Curtis Flowers should not be allowed to attend his mother’s funeral this weekend, according to Attorney General Jim Hood and the district ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, July 20, 2018 3:27 pm

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Delta residents have mixed feelings about reopening of Emmett Till case

David Jordan was a student at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena when he pooled his money with others to purchase gasoline to drive ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Monday, July 16, 2018 9:41 am

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