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Eviction bill advances that shortens time for delinquent tenants to vacate
Tenants could be forced to leave their home immediately after a court rules they are behind on their rent under legislation the Mississippi Senate approved Friday. The bill, which now goes to the...
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There’s no ‘give up’ in State, but Bulldogs must learn how to finish a game
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressMississippi State guard Quinndary Weatherspoon (11) tries to drive against the defense of Kentucky guard Keldon Johnson (3) in the first half of an NCAA basketball...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Roadblock
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves is the latest politician whose yearbook comes back to haunt him. The post Marshall Ramsey: Roadblock appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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‘Promises after promises’: State workers, stuck under stagnant wages, have no...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaClarise Martin, 62, has worked at the Adams County DHS office for 30 years. She is one of thousands of state employees whose salary falls far below...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid Expansion is becoming a hot (and contentious) topic lately. The post Marshall Ramsey: Medicaid Expansion appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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News, notes and quotes: Bibby’s out; Cougars back in state; baseball anyone?
Kelly Donoho/MSU athleticsChloe Bibby (55), a key player in Mississippi State’s 17-1 start, will miss the rest of the season with an injury to her left knee. News, notes, quotes and an opinion or two…...
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This was all State(ment): ‘Dogs clobber Vols as no SEC team ever has done before
Kelly Donoho/hailstate.comTeaira McCowan (15) , all 6 feet, 7 inches of her, was diving all over The Hump after loose balls Sunday. STARKVILLE – Let us begin today’s effort with a question: If I had...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Roadblock Part II
Right after I finished the cartoon about Tate Reeves. Jim Hood also stumbled into some yearbook issues. So here's part II. The post Marshall Ramsey: Roadblock Part II appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Jim Hood elaborates on racist photos his fraternity published in yearbook
The state’s lone statewide Democrat talked more about racist photographs that surfaced last week of his college fraternity when Hood was a member in the early 1980s. In the photo, members of Pi Kappa...
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Hosemann, Hood sue federal government over flooding, say U.S. action resulted...
Photo by Melanie ThortisThe Mississippi River, shown here at sunset, is at the heart of a Mississippi lawsuit. Congress acted in the 1950s to construct the Old River Control Structure to prevent a...
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Tate Reeves speaks on blackface, racism and his Confederate-group associations
The Republican lieutenant governor talked more about photographs that surfaced last week of his college fraternity when Reeves was a member in the early 1990s. In the photos, members of Kappa Alpha...
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New life breathed into #msleg industrial hemp proposal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hemp.JPGHemp. Supporters of industrial hemp exhaled a sigh of relief as a proposal to let farmers grow hemp for industrial purposes cleared a major hurdle. As...
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Victims’ rights bill pushed by California billionaire quietly up for debate...
Bret Hartman, Associated Press/MarsysLawForAllDr. Henry T. Nicholas III, left, and his mother Marcella Leach lead the march with a photo of his sister Marsy Nicholas during the Orange County Victims’...
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They began as collaborators, became friends: Trailblazers Frank Robinson and...
Tom SullivanFrank Robinson and Jackson native Janet Marie Smith, architect and chief designer of Camden Yards, discuss ballpark intricacies in the home dugout of old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore in...
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Federal judge says 102 mile-long district violates Voting Rights Act, orders...
Mississippi Senate District 22 A federal judge said a Mississippi state senate district, which snakes 102 miles across the state, violates the federal Voting Rights Act. State Senate District 22...
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For retired teachers and state employees, running for Legislature under rule...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaAttorney General Jim Hood said last year that a long-standing regulation of the PERS Board saying retirees could not serve in the Legislature and...
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Republican-backed $1,000 teacher pay hike clears hurdle. Democrats ask: ‘Is...
Gil Ford photographySen. Gray Tollison, R-Oxford The Mississippi State Senate passed a bill that would bump up the salaries of public school teachers, but some say it’s just not enough. Senate Bill...
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Marshall Ramsey: Feel the Love
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Tax measure for infrastructure raises stakes for Clarksdale voters in already...
Anna Wolfe / Mississippi TodayClarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy said a politician who focus on job opportunities and improving quality of life will be successful in the Delta. CLARKSDALE – An Election Day...
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‘New Dude’ highlights opening weekend of DI baseball
WeirThis rendering shows rebuilt Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium, which opens this weekend in Starkville. Mississippi’s Division I college baseball season begins Friday, and the star will be what...
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