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The black American amputation epidemic: Black patients losing limbs at triple...
Ruddy Roye for ProPublicaDr. Foluso Fakorede in his clinic with a patient. This story was originally published by ProPublica. IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING in the hospital after a particularly grueling week...
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Mississippi lawmakers seek to restrict COVID-19 lawsuits, damages
Rogelio V. Solis, APSen. Sally Doty, R-Brookhaven Mississippi lawmakers, like those in other states, are moving to protect businesses, individuals, governments, schools, health providers, nonprofits...
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Sports has taught us much in Mississippi. Now it unites many of us over the...
All my professional life I have wondered what it would take for all the universities in Mississippi to agree on any matter under the sun. Just once. And now I know: It’s the state flag of Mississippi —...
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After days without data, state reports most new COVID-19 cases in one day
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs speaks to media about coronavirus updates on March 16, 2020. After four days without full data...
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‘Picking sides’: How a conservative Gulf Coast community grapples with the...
Anna WolfeMany Confederate battle emblems, including inside the controversial Mississippi state flag, adorn the walls of the Broke Spoke biker and sports bar, made famous by NFL legend Brett Favre in...
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As leaders continue to count votes to change state flag, Hosemann throws...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaLt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann Though legislative leaders have indicated they don’t yet have the votes necessary to change the state flag, a new comment...
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‘It screams hate’— colleges coaches urge lawmakers to change state flag
Coaches and athletic directors from every public college and university in the state travelled to the Capitol on Thursday morning to deliver a clear message to legislators: It’s time to change the...
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As lawmakers near votes to change state flag, Reeves meets with statewide...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaTate Reeves prepares to debate against Bill Waller Jr. during the GOP gubernatorial debate at WJTV studios Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Gov. Tate...
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Lawmakers again delay vote to change state flag but plan to stay in Jackson...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi state flag flies in downtown Jackson on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Legislative leaders opted on Thursday to delay a vote to change the state flag, which...
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‘Now is the time’: Mississippi NAACP leader urges lawmakers to change state...
As legislators consider changing the state flag, Mississippi Today spoke with Robert James, president of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP about his thoughts on elected officials’ role in...
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State mail-in voting remains ‘most restrictive’ under legislative proposal,...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodaySen. David Blount listens to Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann during legislative session at the Capitol in May. Mississippi will continue to be the only state in the nation to...
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The black American amputation epidemic: Black patients losing limbs at triple...
Ruddy Roye for ProPublicaDr. Foluso Fakorede in his clinic with a patient. This story was originally published by ProPublica. IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING in the hospital after a particularly grueling week...
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Gov. Tate Reeves: If Legislature passes bill to change state flag, ‘I will...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi state flag flies in downtown Jackson on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Gov. Tate Reeves, who has been opposed to the Legislature changing the flag without a...
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House and Senate clear the path to remove Mississippi state flag
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi state flag flies in Florence, Miss., on Thursday, June 25, 2020. The House of Representatives on Saturday began the legislative process to remove the...
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‘Historic moment’: Lawmakers clear difficult hurdle to consider bill that...
The House and Senate are expected to act quickly this weekend to remove the Mississippi state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, after clearing the procedural path...
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State flag, COVID-19 could have reverberations in November Espy vs....
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press / PoolAppointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., answers a question while Democrat Mike Espy, left, listens during their televised Mississippi U.S. Senate debate...
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The black American amputation epidemic: Black patients losing limbs at triple...
Ruddy Roye for ProPublicaDr. Foluso Fakorede in his clinic with a patient. This story was originally published by ProPublica. IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING in the hospital after a particularly grueling week...
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For not the first time, sports has helped Mississippians see their way to change
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressMississippi State women’s basketball coach, Nikki McCray-Penson, joins other athletic staffs from the state’s public universities calling for a change in the...
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Confederate battle flag comes down: Myrlie Evers weeps. ‘Medgar’s wings must...
Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi TodayMyrlie Evers and Gov. William Winter head to the opening ceremonies for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History in December, 2017....
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Voters could remove Jim Crow law designed to thwart African American-backed...
Voters will have the opportunity in November to remove a Jim Crow-era provision from the state Constitution that makes Mississippi the only state in the nation where a candidate for statewide office...
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