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College athletes could be paid under new legislation

Mississippi is the latest to join a movement of states across America to grant college athletes the right ... Read more

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Faster-spreading COVID-19 variant found in Mississippi

The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Monday it confirmed the first case of a COVID-19 variant in ... Read more

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State has critical teacher shortage but no one knows how bad

The Mississippi Legislature is taking aim at teacher pay raises this year, something lawmakers say is a first ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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President Trump to host rally in Jackson on Sept. 14

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

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more