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The ones who never went home: Mississippi plant workers call for greater...
Anna WolfeTomato sculptures pepper downtown Crystal Springs, Mississippi, hailed as the “tomatopolis of the world” for the ubiquitous crop. Workers at the generator plant here say they don’t feel the...
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As cases surge, governor mandates masks in 13 counties
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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Jackson Protest: ‘We are tired of black lives being taken by police officers’
Protesters gathered in downtown Jackson Sunday in a peaceful demonstration against police brutality following the recent death of George Floyd who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis,...
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A major state agency – charged in part with marine law enforcement – remains in limbo over a power struggle over spending Gulf restoration money, and because of a coronavirus outbreak at the Capitol....
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Though governor is ‘100 percent committed’ to reopening schools in the fall,...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMagee Elementary School teacher Deonne Wittman works with students in a whole group phonics exercise on Dec. 6, 2019. The vast majority of...
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Musgrove ‘paid a price’ for his efforts, but 19 years later is happy to see...
Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove In May 2000, Ronnie Musgrove, coming off a razor-thin win the year before to capture the office of governor, had just enjoyed a successful legislative session where his...
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The trouble with contact tracing in Mississippi
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaA student walks up the steps of the Ole Miss Student Union Monday, October 7, 2019. What Oxford’s missing COVID-19 cases tell us about contact...
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Jackson Protest: ‘We are tired of black lives being taken by police officers’
Protesters gathered in downtown Jackson Sunday in a peaceful demonstration against police brutality following the recent death of George Floyd who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis,...
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As Black Lives Matter protests continue, Mississippi lawmakers consider...
Up-and-coming Canton attorney and politician Ed Blackmon and his friends left a 1978 New Year’s Eve party to go to the Red Lantern in South Jackson, then a popular nightclub for black professionals....
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Crews move Confederate monument at University of Mississippi after years of...
Workers move the Confederate statue at the University of Mississippi on Tuesday. (©Bruce Newman) UNIVERSITY — As the sun rose Tuesday morning, workers began the process of moving the controversial...
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When can we play high school and college football? No good answers exist.
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaThere is no social distancing in football. Here, Jackson State running back Jordan Johnson is swarmed by Southern Miss tacklers in a 2018 game. The...
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Despite pandemic, state ends budget year with an estimated $56 million...
Despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears the state collected enough revenue, primarily from tax collections, to have ended the last fiscal year on June 30 with a...
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Gunn, Hosemann name Mississippi flag redesign appointments. Reeves still hasn’t.
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayHouse Speaker Philip Gunn, left, Executive Director of Mississippi Department of Archives and History Katie Blount, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann prepare to deliver the...
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As Black Lives Matter protests continue, Mississippi lawmakers consider...
Up-and-coming Canton attorney and politician Ed Blackmon and his friends left a 1978 New Year’s Eve party to go to the Red Lantern in South Jackson, then a popular nightclub for black professionals....
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Democrat Mike Espy outraises GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith nearly 3-to-1
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, announces that he is running against U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2020 for...
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‘A disease of a splintered society’: Politics and science clash in community...
When it looked as though Mississippi might be starting to successfully control the spread of coronavirus in mid-May, three Starkville doctors sat down with a local sports reporter to discuss the...
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Coast lawmaker hospitalized after COVID-19 outbreak at Capitol
Rep. Manly Barton, R-Moss Point State Rep. Manly Barton, R-Moss Point, remained hospitalized on Thursday after contracting coronavirus at the Capitol, several of his colleagues told Mississippi Today....
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Mississippi sets single day record for new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayYvonne Moore collects specimen for COVID-19 testing outside of the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, March 29, 2020. The...
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JAY-Z, Meek Mill group wants Mississippi lawmakers to override Reeves prison...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaParchman prison. Jan. 15, 2020. A prison-reform group founded by rappers JAY-Z and Meek Mill along with Patriots owner Robert Kraft is calling for...
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Photo gallery: Mississippi teachers protest reopening of schools
Teachers gathered at the Capitol Friday to protest the reopening of schools in Mississippi due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. The protest was organized by Mississippi Teachers...
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