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With Jay Hopson out, where does Southern Miss football go now?
Southern Miss athleticsScotty Walden, pictured with his Southern Miss receivers before a 2019 victory over Troy, is now USM’s interim head coach. Football coach and philosopher Bum Phillips said it...
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Students will take state tests in spring, DeVos says
Gerald Herbert / Associated PressA day after visiting students and educators in Holmes County, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tours a classroom at the Edward Hynes Charter School in New Orleans,...
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Strategist Pam Shaw: Pandemic could hurt Black voter turnout in 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...
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Since classes began for Mississippi’s eight public universities less than a month ago, there have been a total of at least 896 students, faculty and staff members who have contracted the coronavirus....
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Here’s what the November ballot will look like in Mississippi
Mississippi’s Secretary of State’s office released the 2020 general election sample ballot on Wednesday. See what voters will see on Election Day when they head to the polls Nov. 3, 2020. For more...
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Another charged in former MDE director’s alleged kickback scheme
Errol Harmon is the fifth individual charged in connection to a conspiracy to defraud the Mississippi Department of Education through bid rigging, false quotes and fake purchase orders. Mike Hurst,...
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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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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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‘Hurting her own people’: Mike Espy blasts Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith over...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaMike Espy speaks to media after his debate against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith inside the Farm Bureau Federation auditorium Tuesday, November 20, 2018....
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After 97 years of games, COVID-19 cancels Simpson County’s Super Bowl for 2020
What if they didn’t play the Super Bowl one season? In Simpson County, in 2020, they are not. Rick Cleveland In this weirdest of football seasons, the Simpson County Super Bowl – the one that matches...
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Upset with elected officials after COVID-19 halted her business, Delta woman...
Cassandra Wilson holds up a voter registration form and voter registration drive flyer in downtown Clarksdale days before her first drive. CLARKSDALE — Frustrated by the response of elected officials...
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Henry Barbour: Cindy Hyde-Smith can ride Trump’s high turnout to Senate...
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...
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Murder hornets in Mississippi? No, but…
A dead Asian giant hornet sent from Japan is held on a pin by Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington State Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Just a few months back, when...
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Lagging behind other states, Reeves makes $23 million in education relief...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves speaks to media about his shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County during a press conference at the State of Mississippi...
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Mississippi medical marijuana rhetoric intensifies as November vote approaches
Mississippi voters will decide in November whether to legalize medical marijuana. (Sipa via AP Images) Mississippi is poised to legalize medical marijuana, depending on the outcome of a vote this...
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Medical marijuana will be on the November ballot, but it’ll be confusing.
This is exactly what will be on the ballot this November regarding medical marijuana. Mississippi voters will be asked on the November ballot whether they want to legalize medical marijuana in the...
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Clarksdale pledged $10,000 for a homeless facility downtown. Residents want...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaDowntown Clarksdale. CLARKSDALE — A battle is brewing between a local nonprofit owner hoping to help the town’s homeless community and residents...
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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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Survey: Gov. Tate Reeves’ COVID-19 approval rating plummets while Trump’s...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson on Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus...
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CARES Act cited as a factor in soaring revenue collections early in fiscal year
State revenue collections through the first two months of the fiscal year are $258.7 million or 34.8% above what was collected during the same time last year. The revenue report for the month of...
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