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Hob Bryan is wrongly cited by Gov. Reeves in age-old dispute over who controls federal funds
The real issue is not that Democratic Sen. Hob Bryan sponsored a bill that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed, but that the bill would prevent the governor from having total control of some federal…
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6mThe age-old debate of election access vs. security is at center of current national debate
The argument seems to be whether preventing be a few instances of voter fraud is more important than election access. How many people should be denied or hindered in their right to vote to prevent rare occurrences of voter fraud?
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4mMaryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare
Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act.
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5mMississippi financial literacy mandate increases economic knowledge statewide
Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Mississippi public schools must provide financial literacy instruction for students in grades 6-8, covering topics such as budgeting and consumer rights.
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10mBook reimagines Emmett Till's life had he lived
In her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” best-selling author and historian Sarah Lewis uses essays and photos to imagine what the Black teen's life might have been if he had returned to Chicago.
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6mFeds charge man with making threats in Nolan Xavier Wells' death investigation
Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, California, faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication for allegedly sending a bomb and death threat to Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole.