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State-run health marketplace may be 'too little, too late,' insurance commissioner says
Mississippi is no closer to creating a state-run health insurance marketplace than it was two years ago, when lawmakers first granted the insurance commissioner the authority to do so, according to a…
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Baptist Memorial to take over Merit Health Rankin hospital
Baptist Memorial Health Care will take over the lease and operations of Merit Health Rankin this year, making it the third Merit Health facility in Mississippi to change hands in the past two years, officials said Tuesday.
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Was James Meredith’s greatest achievement his March Against Fear?
James Meredith, who no longer gives interviews, recently told Mississippi Today through his wife that he agrees with his granddaughter, Janae Knight, who said integrating the University of Mississippi – which she now attends – was "necessary to wage his war against segregation."
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How the US Supreme Court’s Callais ruling erased a key Mississippi voting rights victory
A major legal win for Black Mississippians that was supposed to lead to new elections for the state Supreme Court was wiped away.
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College baseball: Mississippi State and Ole Miss play in separate NCAA super regionals
Mississippi State and Ole Miss are competing in separate super regionals for college baseball.
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Parents rally around Canton charter school facing possible state closure
Fiscal management problems may cost SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy its charter. Some parents of students who attend the Canton charter school questioned what's going on and why.