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Black 'New Deal,' Reparations Vital after Slavery, Discrimination, National Bar Leader Says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1269
Two Democratic state senators resigning in Mississippi 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 2043
Amtrak and freight railways agree to small step toward Gulf Coast passenger route 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1812
As Delta Variant Soars, Mississippi Sees Most COVID-19 Cases in One Day Since March 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 2509
Mississippi Teacher Pay Raise Finally Arrives After Long Delay 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1318
Mississippi warns vulnerable residents to avoid indoor gatherings no matter vaccination status 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1913
Mississippi Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Medical Marijuana 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1159
'Ominous' Delta Variant To Become Predominant Strain in Mississippi, Dr. Dobbs Warns 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1701
Black Mississippians Paved The Way For State Flag Change A Year Ago Today 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1149
Will rumors of Gunn gubernatorial run change MS House dynamics for next two years? 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1662
Vaccine Hesitancy 'Pitiful,' Dobbs Says As Hospitalizations Up for Under-40 Residents 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 1836
Supreme Court chief quietly gave pay raise to himself and other judges without legislative approval 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2230
Company accused of overcharging Mississippians a prominent donor to state leaders 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1838
AG Fitch, Auditor White announce $55.5 million settlement with Centene 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1288
Batesville Mayoral Candidate Was In D.C. On Jan. 6, Marched With Proud Boys Earlier 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1883
Mississippi In Last Place for Vaccinations as Biden Administration Announces 'Month of Action' 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1267
Jackson Zoo Workers Move From Contract Positions to Become City Employees 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1434
Supreme Court could reverse Roe v. Wade with Mississippi abortion case 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1358
Mother Died in Madison County Jail After Pot Arrest, Family Sues for Negligence 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 12 2651
Mississippi could help long-neglected poor with Rescue Plan payments 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 1219
Speaker Gunn supports special session to fix ballot initiative process 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1859
Democratic National Committee to invest in Mississippi, other red-state parties 4 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 22 2674
Mississippi Medical Marijuana law and initiative process goes up in smoke 5 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 2054
Medicaid Expansion Ballot Drive Begins in Mississippi: 'A Matter of Life And Death' 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1377
Mississippi's opt out of additional unemployment benefits has Democrats calling for minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1339
Brett Favre blocks reporter asking why he hasn't repaid $600K in welfare funds, as promised year ago 5 peppertree May 2021 May 2021 3 2367
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 May 2021 3 1267
Former Jackson police officer sentenced to prison over involvement with 16-year-old 2 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1774
Electrical Fire at O.B. Curtis Leaves Jackson Without Safe Water For Weekend 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 4 1520
Systemic Racism Built Mississippi. Gov. Reeves Says It Doesn't Exist. 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1171

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On this day, April 23, 1940, the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1673
State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1388
Family to sue after Black man killed by MS police. Lawyers helped George Floyd's family 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1881
Mississippi law will ban shackling inmates during childbirth 8 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 8 1820
Pay raises for Mississippi higher ed employees: Too little, too late? 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1322
Mississippi Ends License Requirements for Some Beauty Jobs 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1536
Palazzo Accuses Biden of Placing Too Few and Too Many Migrants in Detention Facilities 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1333
Mississippi Elections Chief: Professors Teach 'College Students To Hate Our Country' 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1337
'The Joker Up There': Meredith Marchers Confronted Unjust Confederate Statues In 1966 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1167
A Dream Deferred: The Lasting Legacy Of Racist Redlining In Mississippi And The Deep South 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1171
MS Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Medical Marijuana Initiative 65 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1166
'Darn' Tootin' It Is!': Gov. Tate Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 2199
Mississippi Elections Chief Warns Biden May Register 'Woke' College Voters 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1629
On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 2227
Political Donors Took Millions From Public Ed Coffers for Private School, Feds Allege 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 2310
Mississippi gun show targeted with unprecedented fire department inspection fee for vendors 9 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 30 3710
Poll: Most Mississippians believe state has an obligation to help with Jackson water crisis 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1817
A businesswoman and her son plead not guilty to embezzling over $2 million from the state 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 4 1936
$1,000 Teacher pay raise bill headed to Governor's desk 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1263
AG Fitch recovers nearly 500,000 PPE items from price gouger 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 10 1581
Mississippi's Governor Rejects Medicaid Expansion for Working-Class Constituents 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 2038
Medicaid hangs in the balance as both chambers kill tech bills 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1651
Young Democrats of Mississippi to host virtual convention 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1264
Mississippi DUers, Your boy Wicker is out here lying 0 irisblue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1500
Turkey-killing spree in Kansas will cost four Mississippi hunters $48,000, feds say 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1800
Jackson councilman calls mayor 'incompetent' in war of words amid ongoing water crisis 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 2174
Former Columbus CFO sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzlement 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1099
House leaders want to raise Mississippi sales tax. Here's how neighboring states stack up. 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 2096
Tunica housing director allegedly stole $765K while turning away needy homeowners 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1148
House bill to exempt feminine care and some baby products from sales tax in limbo 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1297

Mississippi Continued...

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Gov. Reeves: State will roll back COVID-19 restrictions next week 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1432
Mario King now former Mayor of Moss Point after guilty plea, resignation 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1261
A new effort to create a Conservation Trust in Mississippi could become reality 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1263
Mississippi Senate Revives Medical Marijuana Tax Proposal 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1691
Hyde-Smith reintroduces balanced budget amendment resolution 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1767
Key House leader says Mississippi should cut highest-in-nation grocery tax 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 2676
Legislators Push for More Felony Expungements, Prison Labor Minimum Wage 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1539
Legislature Struggles With COVID-19 Outbreak, Jackson Drive-Through Finally Opens 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1068
Mississippi lawmakers could take lessons from the historic teacher pay raise of 2000 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1622
For now, SCOTUS takes no action on Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban case 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1247
Mississippi flies new flag over State Capitol 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 2007
Jackson leaders look to Legislature for revitalization funds 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1259
COVID-19 spreads through Biloxi Yacht Club after annual ball, more in-person events 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1739
Coronavirus in Mississippi: 2,326 new cases, 24 deaths reported Thursday 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 1308
House Ethics Committee confirms probe into Rep. Steven Palazzo's campaign spending. What's next? 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1410
No background checks, misspending and an 'adults only' party--Holmes County schools 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1349
The world's richest woman doubled Alcorn State's endowment with $25 million donation 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 10 1452
Governor Reeves Announces Additional COVID-19 Measures, Mask Mandate in 78 of 82 Counties 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1306
Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, advocate for education reform and race relations, dies at 97 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1336
Thirty MS House Republicans Call for Investigation into Election Fraud 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1940
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