Mississippi Today
The age-old debate of election access vs. security is at center of current national debate
The argument seems to be whether preventing be a few instances of voter fraud is more important than election access. How many people should be denied or hindered in their right to vote to prevent…
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4mMaryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare
Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act.
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5mMississippi financial literacy mandate increases economic knowledge statewide
Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Mississippi public schools must provide financial literacy instruction for students in grades 6-8, covering topics such as budgeting and consumer rights.
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10mBook reimagines Emmett Till's life had he lived
In her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” best-selling author and historian Sarah Lewis uses essays and photos to imagine what the Black teen's life might have been if he had returned to Chicago.
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6mFeds charge man with making threats in Nolan Xavier Wells' death investigation
Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, California, faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication for allegedly sending a bomb and death threat to Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole.
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6m'Complete discomfort, little space': ICE detainees in Mississippi complain of crowding as arrests skyrocket
An ICE detention facility in Mississippi recently began placing three people in cells designed for two.