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Mississippi cities and counties, lacking state guidance, spend millions of opioid settlement dollars on general expenses
Of the over $15.5 million local governments have received, they’ve used roughly $6.4 million as of this summer. About $4.3 million of that has been designated for routine government expenses.
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6mOle Miss coach Pete Golding has moved on, calls Lane Kiffin 'the ex' who's always going to come up
Mississippi coach Pete Golding says he has no ill will toward his old boss, Lane Kiffin. At his first SEC Media Days as the head coach, Golding said he remains friends with Kiffin and even bought his old house.
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6mDemocrats press ICE on oversight, say 1 officer referred for discipline over use of force
Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee say one ICE officer has been referred for discipline over a use of force incident since the Trump administration began
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4mMississippi Today wins 2026 Green Eyeshade awards
The organization awarded Mississippi Today and The New York Times first place for Public Service in Written Journalism for the Abuse of Power: Beyond the Goon Squad series.
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5mTypo in House bill stifles $15 million meant to protect Mississippians from storms
While the Legislature passed a bill providing grants to home resiliency, the appropriated $15 million for the program was put in another measure that died.
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9mUMMC to take over Greenwood Leflore Hospital Aug. 1
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the donation of the Greenwood Leflore Hospital to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the last hurdle to completing the transfer.