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Amid national surge in constitutional challenges to ICE detention, Mississippi cases remain undecided
Since June, more than 290 detainees from the Adams County Correctional Center near Natchez have petitioned the federal court to grant them a bond hearing or set them free. While a handful of cases…
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6mMississippi'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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6mChrista Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed execution in Tennessee, attorneys say
Christa Pike's attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee.