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Jackson Mayor Lumumba Tests Positive for COVID-19, Urges Masks and Boosters 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1884
Mississippi teachers have some of the lowest pay in the region, analysis shows 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 2078
Mississippi loses Supreme Court water fight with Tennessee 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 1146
Ex-Deputy Municipal Clerk Faces Embezzlement Charge 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 1067
Mississippi Auditor Refers 10, Including Brett Favre, to Attorney General Over Welfare Money 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 1736
Key credit rating agency voices concerns about Tate Reeves' proposed tax cuts 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1102
MS made it easier to change gender on IDs, licenses. It was reversed with one sentence Read more at 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1493
Mississippi School Boards Association leaving national group 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 1136
Grand jury finds shooting of suspect charged in Hancock County deputy's murder was justified 0 bronxiteforever Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1691
Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 1400
Anti-marijuana groups lobby as Gov. Reeves contemplates special session 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1370
Auditor Demands Brett Favre Return $828,000 in 'Illegally Spent Welfare Funds' 6 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 17 1957
State audit at Itawamba Community College uncovers $2 million in misused job training funds 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1504
'We are the future': Students react to proposal that would slash thousands in financial aid 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1395
Nightclub declared 'nuisance' is closing in Hattiesburg 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1173
Organizers Plan For Post-Roe Mississippi With Self-Managed Abortion Education 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1602
Flint Lead Lawyer Sues Jackson, MSDH, Alleging Lead-Poisoned Children 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1043
Mississippi aid program gave little help to renters but millions to a top law firm 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1626
"Free car !" --- what could go wrong ? 2 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1716
Abortion clinic CEO reacts to brief heard by U.S. Supreme Court 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1806
Mississippi economist refutes politicians' claim that state cannot afford Medicaid expansion 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1207
Experts: Mississippi teacher pay needs to increase if state wants to keep its educators 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1222
IHL Prohibits Mississippi Colleges, Universities From Mandating COVID Vaccines 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1264
Lawmakers Consider Teacher Pay, Insurance Cost for Families 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1055
Pediatric Diabetes Surge In Mississippi: Doctors Concerned COVID-19 Is To Blame 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 13 1320
Despite Waning Delta Wave, Mississippi ICU Capacity Still 'Effectively Zero' 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1129
Where The Devil Comes In: Income Tax On Trial At The Mississippi Legislature 4 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1624
Current, former Coast officials owe MS thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, auditor says 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1546
Mississippi-based poultry producer Sanderson Farms sold for $4.5B 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1035
What Follows Confederate Statues? One Mississippi City's Fight 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1007

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State Auditor's Claims About Wealthy Receiving Medicaid Were Misleading, Advocates Claim 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1483
Investigation: Nonprofit St. Dominic Hospital Routinely Sued Patients Who Couldn't Afford Care 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1237
State-appointed superintendent still not in place following takeover of Holmes County schools 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 887
'The worst is yet to come': State health officer admits reality of rising case numbers 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1246
Mississippi state representative battles breast cancer and beats it 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 885
MS Ethics Commission hits City of Jackson with largest fine ever for failing to provide public 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1082
As COVID-19 Surges Back to Winter Levels, Gov. Reeves Visits Aspen and Orlando 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1652
Black 'New Deal,' Reparations Vital after Slavery, Discrimination, National Bar Leader Says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1022
Two Democratic state senators resigning in Mississippi 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1817
Amtrak and freight railways agree to small step toward Gulf Coast passenger route 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1605
As Delta Variant Soars, Mississippi Sees Most COVID-19 Cases in One Day Since March 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 2244
Mississippi Teacher Pay Raise Finally Arrives After Long Delay 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1135
Mississippi warns vulnerable residents to avoid indoor gatherings no matter vaccination status 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1731
Mississippi Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Medical Marijuana 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 972
'Ominous' Delta Variant To Become Predominant Strain in Mississippi, Dr. Dobbs Warns 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1485
Black Mississippians Paved The Way For State Flag Change A Year Ago Today 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 967
Will rumors of Gunn gubernatorial run change MS House dynamics for next two years? 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1430
Vaccine Hesitancy 'Pitiful,' Dobbs Says As Hospitalizations Up for Under-40 Residents 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 1571
Supreme Court chief quietly gave pay raise to himself and other judges without legislative approval 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2022
Company accused of overcharging Mississippians a prominent donor to state leaders 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1650
AG Fitch, Auditor White announce $55.5 million settlement with Centene 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1084
Batesville Mayoral Candidate Was In D.C. On Jan. 6, Marched With Proud Boys Earlier 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1664
Mississippi In Last Place for Vaccinations as Biden Administration Announces 'Month of Action' 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1097
Jackson Zoo Workers Move From Contract Positions to Become City Employees 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1216
Supreme Court could reverse Roe v. Wade with Mississippi abortion case 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1138
Mother Died in Madison County Jail After Pot Arrest, Family Sues for Negligence 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 12 2300
Mississippi could help long-neglected poor with Rescue Plan payments 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1048
Speaker Gunn supports special session to fix ballot initiative process 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1683
Democratic National Committee to invest in Mississippi, other red-state parties 4 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 22 2325
Mississippi Medical Marijuana law and initiative process goes up in smoke 5 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1637

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Medicaid Expansion Ballot Drive Begins in Mississippi: 'A Matter of Life And Death' 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1180
Mississippi's opt out of additional unemployment benefits has Democrats calling for minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1158
Brett Favre blocks reporter asking why he hasn't repaid $600K in welfare funds, as promised year ago 5 peppertree May 2021 May 2021 3 1963
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 3 1063
Former Jackson police officer sentenced to prison over involvement with 16-year-old 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1534
Electrical Fire at O.B. Curtis Leaves Jackson Without Safe Water For Weekend 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 4 1345
Systemic Racism Built Mississippi. Gov. Reeves Says It Doesn't Exist. 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 993
On this day, April 23, 1940, the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1443
State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1186
Family to sue after Black man killed by MS police. Lawyers helped George Floyd's family 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1615
Mississippi law will ban shackling inmates during childbirth 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 8 1341
Pay raises for Mississippi higher ed employees: Too little, too late? 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1138
Mississippi Ends License Requirements for Some Beauty Jobs 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1244
Palazzo Accuses Biden of Placing Too Few and Too Many Migrants in Detention Facilities 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1106
Mississippi Elections Chief: Professors Teach 'College Students To Hate Our Country' 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1062
'The Joker Up There': Meredith Marchers Confronted Unjust Confederate Statues In 1966 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 968
A Dream Deferred: The Lasting Legacy Of Racist Redlining In Mississippi And The Deep South 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 942
MS Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Medical Marijuana Initiative 65 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 956
'Darn' Tootin' It Is!': Gov. Tate Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1711
Mississippi Elections Chief Warns Biden May Register 'Woke' College Voters 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1407
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