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Mississippi lawmakers push prison reform after journalists reveal dozens of deaths
A Mississippi reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
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6mJason White's poll on vouchers ignores strong test results in Mississippi public schools
Speaker Jason White commissioned a poll about school choice or vouchers. It omitted information about Mississippi public schools having strong test scores.
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5mJXN Water pushes for independent oversight of Jackson’s water and sewer systems
Jackson’s water and sewer systems would remain outside city officials’ control under a proposal by a federally appointed manager that would establish an independent, customer-governed authority to oversee the troubled utilities.
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4mRichard E. Holmes, first Black student at Mississippi State University, dies at 82
Dr. Richard E. Holmes, who integrated the Mississippi State University in 1965 and later returned as a campus physician, died Friday at the age of 82.
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6mColom out-raises Hyde-Smith, but incumbent has more cash on hand
Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, raised almost twice as much money as Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith the past three months, but Hyde-Smith still has more cash on hand.
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11mMississippi has its own history book of 'Laughter and Forgetting,' professor writes
To abandon Mississippi history is to abandon hope of healing and positive change. Instead, we remain “victims of our own incomprehension,” bound to repeat past mistakes and make new and equally harmful ones, professor writes.