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Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive

A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid . . .

Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined

How many of Mississippi’s roughly 26,000 state employees will receive raises and the amounts they receive will not be known . . .

Wildcats sweep Morton, face Magee

The Columbia Wildcats couldn’t have picked a better time to start playing their best baseball of the season, and it . . .

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting

The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday . . .

County schools discuss annual budget

The Marion County School Board members spent Friday morning in three different special meetings but all for the same purpose . . .

Clarksdale's only hospital is located at 1970 Hospital Dr. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

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Never overlook the value of friends
By Danny O'Fallon, 568 Reads
Wed, 04/28/2021 - 09:38 AM
Our pastor delivered a message in his sermon last Sunday that unexpectedly struck a chord within me, as it guided me toward some internal soul-searching. The message was based on the essential notion, “Show me somebody’s friends and I’ll show you their future.”
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Jail Docket: April 29
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Kevin Rashawn Adams, 33, Carson, arrested by MCSO, charged with NCIC Hit.
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Community Calendar: April 29
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New Zion United Methodist Church
Feeding in the Park,
May 1
New Zion United Methodist Church Men and Women invites you to its Feeding in the Park free lunches from noon until 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, at Friendship Park while supplies last. Everyone is welcomed.
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Obituaries: Alice Prine Broom
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Porter wins by eight votes
By Susan Amundson , 4,139 Reads
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 08:18 PM
It was a tight race in the run-off tonight for the Republican alderman-at-large ticket, but in the end, Andrea Porter came out ahead of Reed Houston.
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Mississippi one of just three states to lose population since 2010
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 1,942 Reads
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 03:37 PM
Mississippi saw its first population decrease in 60 years, according to preliminary 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data released this week.
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Tate Reeves prepares to debate against Bill Waller Jr. during the GOP gubernatorial debate at WJTV studios Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Gov. Reeves said he wanted to promote unity. Then he declared Confederate Memorial Day.
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 2,200 Reads
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 10:21 AM
Below is a political analysis from Adam Ganucheau:

Rep. Robert Johnson, the minority leader in the Mississippi House of Representatives whose measured and respectful demeanor has brought recent policy success to Democrats in a ruby red state, is disgusted.
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Mississippi vaccination rate craters as Johnson & Johnson pause continues
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 788 Reads
Mon, 04/26/2021 - 04:33 PM
The number of COVID-19 vaccines being administered in Mississippi has decreased nearly 60% over the last two weeks, marking a growing rift between the state’s supply of vaccines and the population’s demand for them.
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In an effort to get students back on campus after COVID interruptions, several Mississippi community colleges are making summer classes free. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

Some Mississippi community colleges are making their summer classes free
By Will Stribling and Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 844 Reads
Mon, 04/26/2021 - 11:31 AM
When COVID-19 hit Mississippi last spring, students at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville flooded Michelle Baragona’s office to withdraw from their classes.
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Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting

The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday to consider several university agenda items — a meeting that wouldn’t be necessary had Gov. Tate Reeves made four new college board appointments on time.

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Never overlook the value of friends

Jail Docket: April 29

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Obituaries: Alice Prine Broom

Porter wins by eight votes

Mississippi one of just three states to lose population since 2010

Gov. Reeves said he wanted to promote unity. Then he declared Confederate Memorial Day.

Mississippi vaccination rate craters as Johnson & Johnson pause continues

Some Mississippi community colleges are making their summer classes free

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting

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