‘It’s a Dimmer’: Governor Relaxes Orders as Mississippi Sees 280 New Cases
On the day Mississippi recorded its second-biggest jump in COVID-19 cases so far, Gov. Tate Reeves announced plans to relax measures meant to curb the
On the day Mississippi recorded its second-biggest jump in COVID-19 cases so far, Gov. Tate Reeves announced plans to relax measures meant to curb the
As many as 18,000 Mississippi prisoners could contract COVID-19, and nearly 200 could die unless the governor takes action, a top criminal-justice reform organization claims.
Much of the news coverage of COVID-19 has been about major cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. But as the nation struggles
An immigrant with a “severe” case of COVID-19 who was arrested in last year’s Mississippi ICE raids is “at risk of dying” in an ICE prison, his family says.
After weeks of rejecting calls for a statewide “shelter-in-place” order, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said the time had come for one on Wednesday afternoon, the
State Auditor Shad White announced the arrests of multiple people accused of an embezzlement scheme involving millions in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds earmarked to help the poorest people in the state.
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