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Deputies seize guns, drugs, cash and bomb making literature during arrest of suspected Mississippi drug dealer

When deputies executed a search warrant at a Moselle house Thursday, March 3, they found guns, drugs, cash and bomb-making instructions. The Jones County Sheriff’s ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 1:16 pm

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Couple sues north Mississippi hospital for alleged balance billing

A Tupelo couple is suing a north Mississippi hospital and its affiliates over an alleged balance-billing scheme that cost them nearly $50,000. Balance billing is ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, April 1, 2022 10:00 am

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Republicans make few changes to legislative maps during redistricting

The number of Mississippi’s majority Black legislative districts will remain the same under the redistricting plan unveiled and approved Sunday afternoon by the Joint Redistricting ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Monday, March 28, 2022 6:00 pm

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Mississippi lawmakers pass the largest tax cut in state history

The Mississippi Legislature in a bipartisan vote with very little debate on Sunday passed the largest tax cut in state history. House Bill 531 now ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Monday, March 28, 2022 8:40 am

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Ethics Commission will not rule — for now — on controversial House Republican Caucus meetings

After a state senator asked for an Ethics Commission opinion about the controversial House Republican Caucus meetings, commission leadership directed the senator to either file ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, March 25, 2022 10:00 am

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Legislators could force local officials to raise property taxes as they slash state taxes by record amount

The Mississippi Legislature may end the 2022 session taking credit for a historic tax cut while leaving local officials on the hook to either raise ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 3:00 pm

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Ethics Commission to decide if House GOP Caucus meetings are illegal

A state senator has formally asked the Mississippi Ethics Commission to decide whether House Republican Caucus meetings — the closed-door, secretive Capitol gatherings that are ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 4:00 pm

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Gov. Reeves advised to remove DHS child support requirement

One of the biggest hurdles low-income single moms in Mississippi face when they apply for child care assistance is the requirement they sue their child’s ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, March 11, 2022 12:00 pm

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House offers ‘compromise’ teacher pay raise, but Senate says it wasn’t in on the compromising

The House has offered a “compromise” $226 million teacher pay raise to the state Senate. But Senate leaders said Thursday they weren’t in on any ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Friday, March 11, 2022 10:21 am

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What will the anti-CRT bill do? Not much

The two legislative Republicans who defended the anti-critical race theory bill on the Senate and House floors said it all: Out-of-state conservative media inspired the ... Read more

by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, March 9, 2022 8:00 am

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