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Sports betting could be coming to cellphones
Seth Wenig / Associated PressOfficials say sports betting has increased the “foot traffic” going into casinos. People coming into the casinos to place a wager on a sporting event also are playing other...
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‘It’s been slow moving’: The debate over One Lake comes to a head 40 years...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America Chris Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayak Adventures, paddles down the Pearl River during a tour in 2018 at Mayes Lake Campground in Jackson....
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Could the state be paying 10 percent of cost instead of 100 percent for some...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaSen. David Blount attends a committee meeting about Medicaid at the Mississippi State Capitol Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Medicaid expansion to cover...
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Speaker attends luncheon to hear secretary of state tout driver’s license...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaThen-candidate Michael Watson at a forum sponsored by MSU’s Stennis Institute of Government Capitol press corps October, 2019. Secretary of State...
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Emmett Till: Wounds of the past still haunt Mississippi
Photos courtesy of the Emmett Till Memorial CommissionThis bullet-riddled “river sign” marked the area where the mutilated body of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the victim of a notorious lynching, was...
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Anti-gang bill gets new life in state Legislature but some lawmakers fear...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaCapitol Building A controversial bill designed to impose new penalties for people affiliated with criminal gangs has another chance in the...
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Bulldogs hold serve, have plenty work to do
Austin Perryman/MSU AthleticsReggie Perry slams one home for Bulldogs, but it was his defense that drew Coach Ben Howland’s praise. Mississippi State defeated Alabama 80-73 Tuesday night in a...
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Congress passes bill named for Emmett Till that makes lynching a federal hate...
Nearly 65 years after the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation named after Till that would...
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Bill dubbed an ‘attack on poor people’ passes out of House
Mississippi HouseRep. Chris Bell, D-Jackson “What does the state of Mississippi have against poor people?” This was the sentiment expressed by Rep. Chris Bell, D-Jackson and numerous members of the...
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Pearl River flooding: Tug and pull over best way to deal with river escalates...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaThe Pearl River seen from a Rockport bridge Wednesday, February 19, 2020. This year’s Jackson flooding has elevated the stakes for both sides of a...
View ArticleMarch 10 primary will give Mississippians a chance to weigh in on the White...
Mississippians will have the opportunity to go to the polls March 10 to cast ballots for federal offices – president, one U.S. Senate post and all four U.S. House seats. Voters must decide when they...
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Mike Espy outraised GOP incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in latest campaign...
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith still holds a more than $500,000 cash on hand advantage to Mike Espy. Democrat Mike Espy raised more money than Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the final reporting period...
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This is Vic Schaefer’s best coaching job yet
Kelly Donoho/MSU AthleticsWhen Vic Schaefer spoke at a press conference in Portland at the NCAA West Regional last March, he thought he would be replacing four starters this season. This time last...
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Gang bill could curtail legislators’ efforts to reduce size of prison population
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaJacquelyn Owens attends a prison reform rally in honor of her nephew, Paul Evans Jr., at the Mississippi Capitol As various bills make their way...
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Meet the man behind McDaniel’s bill to force media to report ‘vindication of...
FOX 17 Nashville/ScreenshotChristopher Sevier in a 2013 interview with FOX 17 Nashville Any given legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers file bills that turn our heads as reporters. But a bill...
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End of a tradition: State tournament moves from Big House to Ole Miss for...
Keith Warren?MSHAAJonathan Ashley (foreground) coached Ingomar to a 64-56 victory over Shaw in the State Class 1A semifinals Monday. Now, Ingomar will play Baldwyn Thursday for the State Championship...
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Watson pushes bill that requires voters to prove citizenship or be purged...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMichael Watson at a candidates’ forum sponsored by MSU’s s Stennis Institute of Government and the Capitol Press Corps in October, 2019. If...
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Plan to remove House from deciding statewide elections alive in Legislature,...
Wikimedia CommonsThe Mississippi Legislature in 1890, the year a constitutional convention formed wit the stated goal of disenfranchising African Americans in the state. Several provisions of that...
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House leaders want alternative to medical marijuana initiative
Pixabay/TechPhotoGalMedical marijuana cigarettes House leaders are pushing for an alternative to the citizen-sponsored medical marijuana initiative on the November ballot. Supporters of the...
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Another Delta town will lose its school as district navigates shrinking...
Pixabay.comThe West Bolivar Consolidated School District faced three options for merging the schools. The town of Benoit will lose it’s only school and students will now have a 40 minute bus ride to...
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