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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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5mFeds announce takedown of ‘major’ drug and gun trafficking ring after string of arrests in Delta, Tupelo
Authorities say the drug and gun trafficking crackdown will continue in other parts of north Mississippi.
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4mDysfunction continues at Canton charter school while its fate remains unclear
Last month, an inspector noted ongoing issues at SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy in Canton.
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3mCurtis Flowers, wrongly imprisoned, enduring six trials, dead at 56
After Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him.
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5mJudge dismisses Tameshia Shelton's murder indictment
The dismissal means this judicial district has seen seven people freed from prison after courts overturned their murder convictions —all prosecuted under former district attorney Forrest Allgood.
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10mSouthaven Police Department took millions from Musk-backed companies. It wanted drones and Flock cameras.
Organizations linked to Elon Musk donated more than $3 million to the Southaven Police Department between December and February, as Musk’s SpaceXAI sought approval for a data center in the city in northern Mississippi.