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‘It can make a world of difference’: How Mississippians are getting tested...
‘It can make a world of difference’: How Mississippians are getting tested for COVID-19 By Erica Hensley and Aallyah Wright | May 7, 2020 Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayYvonne Moore, left, and...
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Mississippi to receive millions in education CARES Act funds
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaVicksburg Warren School District employees prepare to make food deliveries to students in the school district Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The...
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As a reader of Mississippi Today, you know we do things a little differently around here. There is never a paywall to read our site, and our stories are available to any newspaper or media outlet to...
View ArticleLawmakers begin crafting legislation to help Mississippi’s small businesses
Legislators, trying to move quickly after a contentious showdown with Gov. Tate Reeves that affirmed their authority to appropriate $1.25 billion in stimulus funds, hope to have a bill passed next week...
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As state hits another record of coronavirus cases, Gov. Tate Reeves reopens...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves answers questions during a press conference concerning the coronavirus pandemic. As Mississippi saw yet another daily record in...
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Spotlight: performance series to shine light on diverse voices through...
Photo by Sasha IsraelRandy Redd, a Brookhaven native, formed JOOKMS nearly two years ago as a nonprofit company to bring Mississippi artists together. Co-creators of the Spotlight Summer Performance...
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March without the Madness? April without baseball? Just when we most need...
Ole Miss athletic communicationsIf not for COVID-19, Oxford-University Stadium would have been packed just like this for LSU this weekend. Given the widespread sports postponements and cancellations...
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More gray than red vs. blue when it comes to states’ need for federal funds...
President Donald Trump tweeted on April 21 that soon discussions would begin on legislation to provide “relief to state/local governments for lost revenue from COVID-19.” The relief would be to provide...
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Analysis: Gunn, through forceful maneuvering, shows Reeves and Hosemann who’s...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi House speaker Philip Gunn, center, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, talk after Gov. Tate Reeves press conference at the State of Mississippi Woolfolk...
View Article‘A year of missed milestones’: School districts get creative with coronavirus...
For Mississippi’s high school Class of 2020, dreams of senior prom and walking the stage have been cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Seniors across the state felt sad and angered when they...
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Let’s re-visit Michael Jordan’s version of ‘I’m coming home, they started...
si.comMichael Jordan’s stab at baseball did not get a glowing review from Sports Illustrated in 1994. This past Sunday night, we reached the part in Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance in which Jordan – at...
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COVID-19 could force governor, legislators to turn to rainy day fund this...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayEconomic development committee members listen to a presentation during an economic development committee meeting at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., May 7, 2020. The...
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March without the Madness? April without baseball? Just when we most need...
Ole Miss athletic communicationsIf not for COVID-19, Oxford-University Stadium would have been packed just like this for LSU this weekend. Given the widespread sports postponements and cancellations...
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Q&A with Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill on leading in the era of COVID-19
Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill Mississippi Today met with Robyn Tannehill, Oxford’s mayor, at a women’s leadership summit at Ole Miss earlier this year. Little did we know at the time she’d be thrust...
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Disability denials can amount to a ‘death sentence,’ judge says in...
Carl Boatner suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, two liver diseases, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder. The...
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Tate Reeves threatened to veto a bill, lawmakers plan to add small business...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves speaks to media about his shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County, as Executive Director of MEMA Col. Gregory S. Michel...
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Mississippi has tested fewer than 1% of state prisoners and staff for COVID-19
Mississippi leaders have said that they are testing early and thoroughly for COVID-19, but the state’s Department of Corrections has so far failed to test most of its employees and people in its...
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Clarksdale firm hiring locals to help process unemployment claims
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayMurali Vullaganti, founder of PeopleShores, present at an July opening of a women’s clinic at the Clarksdale location in July 2019 CLARKSDALE – As the coronavirus...
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Mississippi hospitals, with gutted revenue streams due to coronavirus,...
PixabayThe American Hospital Association estimates that the four-month losses associated to COVID-19 care and preparations will cost hospitals $51 billion per month. Mississippi hospitals, stretched...
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John Fourcade has endured 23 surgeries, but, nearing 60, he has his memories
New Orleans SaintsJohn Fourcade, at his induction into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. This was January, 1990, and John Fourcade was the crown prince of New Orleans. Rex, King of...
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