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Apr 19 2024
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Correction: Voting Rights-Mississippi story
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a story published April 17, 2024, about people losing their voting rights after some felony convictions in Mississippi, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kenneth Almons began a 23-year prison sentence soon after graduating from high school. He was released from prison at age 23 after serving about six years.
Tulsa WorldApr 26 2024
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A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, precipitating a high-profile public health crisis. The Republican Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, as thousands of residents were told to boil their water before drinking it. For some, the pressure in their taps was so low that they couldn’t flush their toilets and were
GristApr 21 2024
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Mississippi Gov Declares Confederate Heritage Month
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday. Beauvoir is owned and operated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization
JoeMyGodApr 26 2024
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Mississippi legislative leaders swap proposals on possible Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders on Friday said for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama. But as part of negotiations with fellow Republicans in the House, key senators also continued to insist that any Medicaid expansion plan include a work requirement for
QuartzApr 25 2024
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Avoid swimming at these Hancock and Harrison county beaches, Mississippi officials warn
All along the white sands and warm breezes of Mississippi Coast beaches, there’s one, familiar problem: scientists have found bacteria in the water — again. Three beaches — Waveland, Bay St. Louis and Gulfport Harbor — are under new water contact advisories this week after the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said it found higher-than-normal levels of bacteria. The beaches are
Sun HeraldApr 27 2024
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Mississippi Senate agrees to a new school funding formula, sending plan to the governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler to understand, under a bill headed to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. A bill with the new formula passed the 52-member state Senate on Saturday with three votes in opposition, a
Associated PressApr 22 2024
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Minnesota to take the pulse of the Mississippi River, from the headwaters to Iowa border
For the first time, Minnesota will study the health of the state's entire stretch of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters near Bemidji to the bluff country where it enters Iowa. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced Monday that it will send teams to more than 50 sites on the Mississippi. The sampling will take five months and end in September, and marks the first time the
Star TribuneApr 24 2024
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Mississippi Senate and House haggle over Medicaid expansion as session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it's far from clear that they will reach a compromise during the final days of their four-month session that is scheduled to end by
Fox News (Online News)Apr 23 2024
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Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it’s far from clear that they will reach a compromise during the final days of their four-month session that is scheduled to end by early
Associated PressMar 15 2024
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Mississippi Blood Services
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Studio 3′s Grace Temple paid a visit to Mississippi Blood Services to see how their latest blood drive was going.
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