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JACKSON — With over $1 billion in unallocated funds on the table, all of Mississippi’s legislative leaders want to give more money to taxpayers next year, but that’s about the only thing they can agree on.
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JACKSON — Mississippi’s welfare agency announced on Monday that it will try to sue the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation and a virtual reality company as part of ongoing civil litigation to recover misspent federal welfare dollars.
JACKSON, Miss.—The U.S. Department of Justice is establishing an “interim third party manager” for the City of Jackson’s beleaguered water system. That manager is charged with stabilizing Jackson’s water production and distribution facilities and bringing the capital city back into complianc…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation's largest public utility on Friday recommended replacing an aging coal burning power plant with natural gas, ign…
JACKSON — The two chambers of the Mississippi Legislature appear headed toward another fight over a proposal to give new mothers increased hea…
Taylor Vance
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Distributors for the nation's largest public utility signed onto what amounted to "never-ending" contracts that unfairly tied…
JACKSON — Two judges on the Mississippi Supreme Court believe that Thomas “Eddie” Loden, an inmate set to be executed later this month, should…
Taylor Vance
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JACKSON - Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi took cover as tornado sirens blared late Tuesday, and forecasters warned…
JACKSON — Under questioning from lawmakers on Tuesday, the head of the state parole board said greater scrutiny of inmates' prison records has…
Taylor Vance
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An attorney for Favre filed papers Monday saying the Mississippi Department of Human Services “groundlessly and irresponsibly seeks to blame F…
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JACKSON — A man sitting on death row asked a federal judge on Monday to prevent his execution until a pending civil lawsuit involving Mississi…
Taylor Vance
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JACKSON — An attorney for D’Monterrio Gibson, the FedEx driver who narrowly escaped a shooting on his route in Brookhaven, Miss., earlier this…
OXFORD - Willa Johnson was undeniably a hero in her own right, championing diversity at the University of Mississippi all while gaining nation…
BROOKHAVEN • A father and son have been indicted by a grand jury after allegedly chasing and shooting at a FedEx driver in January after he dr…
JACKSON — A pharmacist and two farmers have qualified to run in a special election to fill a vacant House seat that includes Calhoun County an…
Taylor Vance
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JACKSON — Whenever someone asks Mike Chaney about the outlook of insurance rates, he doesn’t mince words.
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JACKSON — Mississippi’s leading public health expert told lawmakers on Monday that over half the state’s rural hospitals are at risk of either…
Taylor Vance
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The Jackson City Council voted Thursday to enter into an “interim stipulated order” with the United States Government through the Environmenta…
Senate Public Health Committee Chair Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said no one is tasked with looking at Mississippi’s overall health care system. That …
The Mississippi head of a legal advocacy organization has filed a formal complaint with the state judicial commission against a municipal judg…
Caleb Bedillion
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JACKSON — Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday approved nearly $247 million in taxpayer-funded incentives for an aluminum plant that is supposed to br…
Taylor Vance
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JACKSON — A Mississippi district attorney has agreed to halt the prosecution of a low level defendant linked to the state's ongoing welfare em…
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JACKSON — Both of Mississippi’s U.S. senators on Wednesday night voted against a key move to advance legislation that would protect same-sex a…
Taylor Vance
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JACKSON • EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Tuesday that the agency is still working on a plan to bring long-term improvements to the water…
JACKSON — The leader of the organization representing Mississippi’s 82 county sheriffs told state lawmakers on Tuesday that one of the main pr…
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