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Mississippi State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers is retiring from the Mississippi Department of Health on June 30, the Mississippi Department of Human Services announced.
A coalition of voting rights groups is now asking a federal court to block Senate Bill 2358 on behalf of the three Okolona residents along with Disability Rights Mississippi and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi.
Mississippi State University has added a college for non-traditional students who are older than typical enrollees to its campus.
Oktibbeha County resident Vanessa Outlaw wants answers for herself and others struggling with State Farm Insurance’s claims practices.
A Washington, D.C., jury has found Thomas Smith of Mathiston, Miss., guilty of nine felonies, including assaulting officers, and two misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
After the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down Initiative 65 and the entire ballot initiative system in 2021, the Legislature passed and Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act in 2022.
Mississippi School for Math and Science African American History teacher Chuck Yarborough and former student Renita Holmes started the school’s first Eighth of May Emancipation Day celebration in 2005.
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