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House Speaker Jason White, staff treated to Super Bowl by gambling giant pushing for legalized betting
Thanks to a loophole in Mississippi’s lax lobbying laws, there is no public report to date of the expensive weekend in lobbying reports that are supposed to document spending on behalf of state…
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Tales of Donald Trump's involvement in the World Cup and Two Mississippi Museums
The president likes to make himself the center of attention regardless of his actual involvement. The World Cup this year and the opening of the Two Mississippi Museums in 2017 are examples of that.
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5mNeighbors in need spur Stone County pair into flood rescues
Tim Davenport and Michael Graham used their boat to assist in flood rescues after remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur caused widespread flooding in Stone County on June 18.
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4mJackson bus drivers threaten to walk off the job Monday as talks continue into the weekend
The union representing Jackson bus employees plans to go on strike early Monday unless negotiators reach an agreement by Sunday to avert the walkout.
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5mSenatobia police finally released internal reports of the shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. They reveal almost nothing
Nearly a month after police in Mississippi shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside Walmart in Senatobia, department officials released a brief report Friday about the shoplifting call that led to the fatal encounter. But the two-page report — obtained by Mississippi Today through a public records request — contains almost no details of what happened.
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3mLegislators expect special session on youth court reform as deal nears
A special session is needed because the youth court law expired when lawmakers failed to address it in this year's regular session.