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Up in the polls during pandemic, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign lays low
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith greets voters at a campaign event in 2018. Incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, about two months from the November election, is keeping a low profile, riding an apparent...
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Commission selects final two designs to become new state flag
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayCommissioners selected this design called the “Great River Flag” as one of two finalists to become the new state flag. After seeing five finalist designs flying over...
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Auditor: MDE ‘ignored state law’ surrounding COVID-19 spending on technology
Shad White speaks at the Westin Jackson Tuesday, November 5, 2019. For at least the sixth time since last spring, State Auditor Shad White has formally warned the Mississippi Department of Education...
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Mississippi still tops nation’s new COVID-19 infection rate despite improving...
Yvonne Moore, left, and Christy Carmichael collect specimen for COVID-19 testing outside of the Aaron E Henry Community Health Services Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, March 29, 2020....
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Second lawsuit filed to ease Mississippi’s voting restrictions during...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaA sign notifying voters where they can cast their votes sits outside of Chastain Middle School during Mississippi’s Primary Election Day, Tuesday,...
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Mississippi Works? Four years later, state has used just one-tenth of $50...
Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant shows off a gold shovel he was awarded for the state’s economic progress as he leaves the stage at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July...
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Interactive: How many students and teachers have tested positive for COVID-19...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayStudents participate in class during the first day of school at Neshoba County Central Middle School on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Since the start of school earlier...
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Cigarettes, milk and poetry: Much different times in Ole Miss and State football
I have on my desk a perfectly preserved game program from the Mississippi State-Ole Miss football game played Nov. 24, 1945. On page 1, it tells us about school colors: “For Ole Miss, Red and Blue; for...
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Legislative inaction on medical marijuana leaves some voters with tough choice
Wikimedia CommonsMedical marijuana could become incorporated in the state’s Constitution. Approval of medical marijuana on Nov. 3 by Mississippi voters, based at least on polling, seems like a...
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‘By God, Mississippi is a battleground state’: Stacey Abrams handicaps 2020...
Stacey Abrams speaks before a Democratic presidential debate on Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) By the time Stacey Abrams endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Mike Espy on a virtual...
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Grant program drags slowly as small businesses struggle to survive pandemic
Most Mississippi small businesses have yet to see COVID-19 relief grants from the government. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Like thousands of others, Oxford small business owner Kate Rosson is trying to keep...
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The Mississippi Department of Health is releasing weekly data on coronavirus infections in schools. The data provided by MSDH is broken down by county, not school district, and also includes private...
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Hyde-Smith vs. Espy is two months from today. Here’s what top Mississippi...
Democrat Mike Espy is challenging Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this November. Two months from Election Day during one of the most uncertain political moments in American history, we asked top...
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A college football season filled with so many unknowns begins in Hattiesburg...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaApproximately 9,000 fans will be allowed into The Rock for the first game of the season matching NCAA FBS teams. I have no idea what to expect...
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Elections chief to appeal ruling that allows early voting for some during...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaHinds County residents cast their votes at Eudora Welty Library during Mississippi’s Primary Election Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Secretary of...
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Former MDE director indicted in contract kickback conspiracy
A former director at the Mississippi Department of Education has been charged in connection to an alleged conspiracy to circumvent the state’s contract procurement process and award contracts to...
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‘Espy is a better candidate’: Stuart Stevens discusses Mississippi’s Senate race
Editor’s note: We asked several Mississippi politicos, two months from Election Day, to share their thoughts on the 2020 U.S. Senate race between Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy. Click here to read...
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Just one program in the state has helped remove lead paint for high-risk...
This is the second in a series about lead exposure in Mississippi. When Jessie Walls’ 5-year-old granddaughter Jordan frequently came over to play at her Jackson home, the flaky paint chips in and...
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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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Reeves bemoans, sometimes, what he says is politicizing of coronavirus
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves speaks to media about a shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County during a press conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March...
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