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‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins

Jonathan Smith of Amory was on Christmas break from his job as a forklift operator in 2017 when he thought . . .

Rep. Thompson says Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2018 jail death of Robert Loggins in Grenada . . .

Schumer says Democrats can add a Senate seat in Mississippi

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said last week that Mississippi could provide his Democratic Party another seat in future . . .

Mississippi COVID-19 vaccination rate tumbles 65% since peak

The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Mississippi is continuing its steep decline. Last week, 46,440 Mississippians received COVID-19 vaccines, a drop . . .

Reeves to end $300 unemployment stipend after Gunn calls for crack down

Gov. Tate Reeves said Mississippi in early June will opt out of a federal pandemic program that has been providing . . .

Jonathan Smith of Amory, spoke of medical bills that left him bankrupt after a series of health problems. He joined members of the health care community expressing a desire to have Medicaid expansion placed on the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Jonathan Smith of Amory, spoke of medical bills that left him bankrupt after a series of health problems. He joined members of the health care community expressing a desire to have Medicaid expansion placed on the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 2,533 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:23 PM
Jonathan Smith of Amory was on Christmas break from his job as a forklift operator in 2017 when he thought he was having a stroke.

Doctors instead found a brain tumor, then determined he had a rare cancer of the nervous system.
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Rep. Thompson says Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, 435 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 01:17 PM
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2018 jail death of Robert Loggins in Grenada.

“No question it’s equal to the George Floyd situation,” he said, alluding to the 2020 death of Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
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Schumer says Democrats can add a Senate seat in Mississippi
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 3,462 Reads
Mon, 05/10/2021 - 05:09 PM
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said last week that Mississippi could provide his Democratic Party another seat in future elections.
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Mississippi COVID-19 vaccination rate tumbles 65% since peak
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 386 Reads
Mon, 05/10/2021 - 05:06 PM
The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Mississippi is continuing its steep decline.
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Reeves to end $300 unemployment stipend after Gunn calls for crack down
By Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 576 Reads
Mon, 05/10/2021 - 05:03 PM
Gov. Tate Reeves said Mississippi in early June will opt out of a federal pandemic program that has been providing an extra $300 a month in unemployment benefits to Mississippians since last year.
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Packed Mississippi college baseball stadiums do not appear to impact stats on COVID spread
By Frank Corder - Y'all Politics, 885 Reads
Mon, 05/10/2021 - 02:43 PM
Since lifting capacity restrictions on outdoor events, Mississippi’s COVID numbers have gone down and stayed down.
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Remembering this special time
By Susan Amundson, 13,271 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 03:19 PM
It is hard to believe that graduation is upon us, and yet it is. I, among many other parents, have asked myself repeatedly where the time has gone. All I know is, yesterday, these soon-to-be graduates were babies, and now they think they are ready to conquer the world, and rightfully so.
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Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 931 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 02:45 PM
When Ole Miss next wins a baseball game — quite possibly this weekend in a three-game series at Texas A&M — it will mark Mike Bianco’s 800th victory at the university and his 900th as a college baseball coach.
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Last Monday and Tuesday, between 13-20 bus drivers for the Greenville Public School District skipped work to protest reduced pay and what they called poor work conditions. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today

Greenville bus strike could transform public education in Mississippi
By Adam Ganucheau and Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 915 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 02:28 PM
A political time bomb is ticking in Greenville, and the explosion could transform the state’s public education environment for decades to come.
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Jonathan Smith of Amory, spoke of medical bills that left him bankrupt after a series of health problems. He joined members of the health care community expressing a desire to have Medicaid expansion placed on the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins

Jonathan Smith of Amory was on Christmas break from his job as a forklift operator in 2017 when he thought he was having a stroke.

Doctors instead found a brain tumor, then determined he had a rare cancer of the nervous system.

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‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins

Rep. Thompson says Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’

Schumer says Democrats can add a Senate seat in Mississippi

Mississippi COVID-19 vaccination rate tumbles 65% since peak

Reeves to end $300 unemployment stipend after Gunn calls for crack down

Packed Mississippi college baseball stadiums do not appear to impact stats on COVID spread

Since lifting capacity restrictions on outdoor events, Mississippi’s COVID numbers have gone down and stayed down.

Remembering this special time

Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?

Greenville bus strike could transform public education in Mississippi

‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins

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