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March Madness? State, Ole Miss make NCAA field in same season for only second...
Rogelio V. Solis, APMississippi State head basketball coach Ben Howland shouts instructions to his team. Mississippi will join in March Madness in a big way this week. As expected, both Mississippi...
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African Americans missing out on Southern push for legal pot
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via APSisters Jackie, left, and Bria Cook, hand out marijuana cigarettes at a rally in Washington, D.C., to push for changes to the District’s medical cannabis law. Minority...
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The Mississippi home of Medgar Evers becomes a national monument. Credit for it causes controversy. The post Marshall Ramsey: Taking Credit appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Gerrymandering ruling could trigger special session to redraw state Senate...
5th Circuit Court of AppealsThe 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ordered the Mississippi Legislature to redraw Senate District 22. As of Friday, Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, could take...
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Tougaloo names Dr. Carmen J. Walters 14th president; alumni express concerns
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaCarmen J. Walters speaks during a press conference at Tougaloo College’s Woodworth Chapel Monday, March 18, 2019. Walters has been named Tougaloo’s...
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Where you live matters: Economic and social factors can affect your ability...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaAn abandoned house on Cuevas Delisle Road in DeLisle, Miss. This year, the county health rankings “highlighted housing as an important health issue...
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Marshall Ramsey: March Madness
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Back to the future: Mississippi College’s Mike Jones returns to coaching
Mike Jones, out of coaching for 11 years, will return to the sidelines at Mississippi College. They will hold a press conference this afternoon at Mississippi College to announce that athletic director...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: The Evil Twin
The link between poverty and health issues is strong. And your health in Mississippi varies by the county you live in. The post Marshall Ramsey: The Evil Twin appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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After blistering criticism from conservatives, Tate Reeves pushes legislation...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaLt. Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during the 2019 legislative session in Jackson Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Allen West, a retired U.S. Army colonel and...
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Can an independent prosecutor intervene in the Curtis Flowers trials? Not...
AP Photo/The Greenwood Commonwealth, Taylor KuykendallClemmie Flemming points out to prosecutor Doug Evans, center, where she spotted Curtis Flowers on July 16, 1996, the morning of four slayings at...
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Ole Miss leader agrees Confederate monument should be moved, but political...
Bruce Newman, Oxford EagleThe Confederate monument at the Circle at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford. Two political boards in Jackson will determine the fate of the University of Mississippi’s...
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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…...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Shots at McCain
President Trump's repeated shots at the late Senator John McCain have left both Democrats and Republicans angered. The post Marshall Ramsey: Shots at McCain appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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In this Madison family, March Madness is real
AP photoMurray State’s Shaq Buchanan (11) gestures after making a basket during the first half of Murray State’s victory over Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. You surely know...
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Mississippi’s heartbeat abortion ban one of nearly 300 anti-abortion bills...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaGovernor Phil Bryant said if the bill he signed into law Thursday is struck down, he plans to appeal ruling to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Schaefer to crowd after State’s big win: ‘We’re not done’
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericavMississippi State coach Vic Schaefer gives Teaira McCowan a hug as she exits the Humphrey Coliseum floor for the last time as a Bulldog. She...
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Effort to protect identity of nonprofit donors passes amid charges it opens...
The nonprofit Mississippi Center for Public Policy says legislation it has advocated for to protect the identity of donors to nonprofit groups will have no impact on the state’s campaign finance laws....
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