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Annalyn Swan is an official panelist in this year’s Mississippi Book Festival on Aug. 21. Photo courtesy Annalyn Swan.

‘The more quirky and eccentric the person, the better’: How Annalyn Swan fell in love with biographical writing
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 304 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:24 AM
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Students wear face masks as they sit in a classroom on the first day of school at Neshoba County Central Middle School, Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Without statewide orders, Mississippi schools to set their own COVID policies as cases surge
By Kate Royals and Julia James - Mississippi Today, 565 Reads
Thu, 07/15/2021 - 04:46 PM
As infections continue to increase and in some cases hospitalize children, Mississippi schools are grappling with what COVID-19 restrictions, if any, should be made for the upcoming school year.
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Mississippi Congressional Campaign Reporting Points to 2022 Mid-Term Challenges
By Frank Corder - Y'all Politics, 383 Reads
Thu, 07/15/2021 - 10:01 AM
The 4th Congressional District will not be the only race to watch next year after all.
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Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn speaks during the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Speaker Philip Gunn struggles to garner support for income tax-sales tax swap
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 524 Reads
Wed, 07/14/2021 - 10:01 AM
So far, no Mississippi statewide elected leader or major business or policy group has fully endorsed Speaker Philip Gunn's plan to eliminate the individual income tax and increase other taxes.
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Young LGBTQ+ residents share challenges of living in Mississippi, desire for better future
By Candace McKenzie - Mississippi Today, 1,853 Reads
Mon, 07/12/2021 - 09:56 AM
For much of their life, Kyle Simpson, a Perry County resident who identifies as non-binary or as someone who identifies neither as female or male, has felt invisible.
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This is part two in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

As activists demanded state flag change in 2020, Philip Gunn began counting GOP votes
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 239 Reads
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 11:45 AM
A police officer murdered George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis. A team of police officers killed Breonna Taylor in her apartment in Kentucky. White men killed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging in Georgia. Millions of Americans had taken to the streets to protest police brutality in a national reckoning on racism.
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This is part one in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

Why Philip Gunn became the first prominent Republican to call for changing the state flag
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 713 Reads
Mon, 06/28/2021 - 03:51 PM
The day Speaker of the House Philip Gunn became the first prominent Republican elected official to publicly call for changing the state flag, the backlash he received was so distressing that he asked the Clinton Police Department to watch his house closely overnight.
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Will Gunn run? Speaker signaling 2023 challenge of Gov. Tate Reeves
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 1,130 Reads
Fri, 06/25/2021 - 11:31 AM
"I do not know what the future holds," Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said when asked about a possible gubernatorial run.
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How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 990 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:43 AM
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The Rusty Thoms Omaha story, a gift that keeps on giving for Bulldogs
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 703 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 01:19 PM

Twenty-four years ago, Mississippi State’s Rusty Thoms won the hearts of Omaha and fans of the College World Series.
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