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Mississippi Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have made numerous misleading claims about the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill President Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday that will have sweeping effects on climate, health care and tax issues nationwide.
Former Jackson police officer Anthony Fox will serve up to five years in state prison for the manslaughter of George Robinson, 62. Earlier this month, a jury found Fox guilty of culpable negligence manslaughter in the 2019 beating death of Robinson.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is not sure whether Blue Cross Blue Shield or the University of Mississippi Medical Center will prevail in the ongoing reimbursement dispute that has thousands of Mississippians out of network at the state’s flagship public hospital. But with the 2023 legislative session on the horizon, he has a bill in mind to keep it from happening again.
On Monday, the Mississippi Association of Educators made recommendations for resolving the water crisis in the city, including asking the mayor to proclaim resolving the water as the number-one priority, developing a plan with proposed legislative action, and making it available for public input by Sept. 1, 2022.
Investigators accessed missing University of Mississippi Student Jimmie “Jay” Lee’s Snapchat conversations, seen here, with an account called redeye_24, where the owner of the account asked Lee to meet early on Friday, July 8, 2022.
A Leflore County grand jury has yet again declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham for the 1955 abduction and lynching of Emmett Till, despite the discovery of an unserved arrest warrant in Donham’s name for kidnapping. The warrant dates back to the original investigation into the 14-year-old’s death, indicating that she was never arrested then.
City of McComb Mayor Quordiniah Lockley said he is disturbed by the Facebook Live video showing a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer wrestling Eugene Lewis, a Black man, to the ground.
Capital-city residents could be dealing with rolling precautionary boil-water notices for up to another year, as the winterization process at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant continues. But Jackson’s mayor and an expert consultant from Cornerstone Engineering remain adamant that the water remains entirely safe to drink.
Most Mississippians who need help paying their rent or utilities will no longer be able to apply to a key pandemic-era rental assistance program after Aug. 15, after Gov. Tate Reeves ordered an end to the state’s participation in the program.
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