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State Board of Ed awards $3.6M contract to company with government ties, 5-2

Brookhaven’s Bill Jacobs, a member of the Mississippi State Board of Education, was one of two dissenters in ... Read more

November 11, 2022

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Former welfare director John Davis set to plead guilty today

Former welfare agency director John Davis, of Brookhaven, is set to plead guilty on Thursday to two federal ... Read more

September 22, 2022

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Defendant: Gov. Tate Reeves should be target of welfare lawsuit — not in charge of it

A defendant in Mississippi’s civil lawsuit to recoup millions in misspent welfare money is asking the court to ... Read more

August 17, 2022

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Hyde-Smith votes to cap insulin prices

In a rare vote that set her apart from most Senate Republicans, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted on ... Read more

August 12, 2022

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Former Gov. Phil Bryant subpoenaed for USM volleyball stadium documents

Nancy New’s attorney has filed a subpoena directly on former Gov. Phil Bryant for documents related to the use of ... Read more

July 27, 2022

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On an otherwise clear night, it Storm-ed on LSU in Hattiesburg

Rick Cleveland writes about the performance of Southern Miss pitcher Justin Storm on Sunday night against LSU. Justin ... Read more

June 6, 2022

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Voters have OK’d three ballot initiatives in state history. Now, lawmakers have written all into law.

All three of the citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives that have been ratified by Mississippi voters have since been approved ... Read more

June 2, 2022

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Philip Gunn’s connection to the Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse scandal

House Speaker Philip Gunn, serving as his church’s attorney, was publicly accused of trying to cover up a ... Read more

May 26, 2022

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Rising costs, contract work exacerbate nursing shortage for state’s safety net hospital

As part of efforts to address a shortage of nurses and respiratory therapists, the University of Mississippi Medical ... Read more

May 20, 2022

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Another Mississippi ‘trigger law’ to keep an eye on as Supreme Court deliberates: gay marriage

The 2007 law that would ban abortions in Mississippi if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade isn’t ... Read more