Mississippi Today
Mississippi's state budget wheels go round and round
The public work of enacting a $32 billion Mississippi state budget to fund various services began in earnest with hearings by the Legislative Budget Committee.
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6mCrimson Tide makes short work of previously unbeaten Bulldogs and a hobbled Kamario Taylor
No. 7 Alabama raced past No. 16 Mississippi State 56-23 to remain undefeated. The Tide unceremoniously knocked the Bulldogs from the list of unbeaten teams.
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4mBuddy Guy celebrated at Radio City Music Hall with a sold-out 'Buddy's Got the Blues' show
Blues great Buddy Guy was celebrated Thursday night with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Fellow legend Bobby Rush said he would have walked from Mississippi to be part of the celebration.
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5mMississippi Medicaid seeks $179M budget increase, less than in 2025
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid asked lawmakers for a roughly $179 million increase in state spending for the coming fiscal year after receiving a steep increase last year that squeezed other parts of the state’s budget.
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Christa Pike's attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee.
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4mFather and son arrested in Ole Miss kratom-suspected deaths
Oxford store clerk Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and his 18-year-old son Islam Yahya Mosleh face federal charges for selling kratom tied to two Ole Miss students' deaths.