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House, Senate pursue separate tracks on Mississippi tax cuts
The Mississippi House and Senate are pushing forward with separate tax cut proposals, and leaders will hold final negotiations later this month. Speaker Philip Gunn ...
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Mississippi could renew push to extend Medicaid for new moms
Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate will try to revive a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:36 am
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UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Hosemann: Suspend Mississippi gas tax 6 months
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday that he and other Senate leaders are pushing to suspend the state’s gasoline tax for six months to ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:57 am
Education
Oxford Schools joins over 100 school districts in free online tutoring
More than 100 school districts in Mississippi are set to get free online tutoring services, including Oxford School District. The Mississippi Department of Education said ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, March 14, 2022 9:08 am
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Top Mississippi health official resigning at end of July
The Mississippi public health official who has led the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will resign at the end of July and hopes to ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 10, 2022 4:30 pm
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Mississippi advances bill against COVID vaccine mandates
Anyone in Mississippi could cite “a sincerely held religious objection” to avoid a public or private employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, under a bill that advanced ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:46 am
Business
Oxford Starbucks workers push to start union
Starbucks located on West Jackson Avenue in Oxford has become the first location in Mississippi to announce plans to unionize as a part of Starbucks ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 1:16 pm
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Russians take Ukraine nuclear plant; no radiation after fire
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, March 4, 2022 10:47 am
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All four Mississippi US representatives face party primary challengers
This year, all of Mississippi’s U.S. House members are being challenged in party primaries, and Rep. Steven Palazzo has the largest number of opponents. This ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, March 3, 2022 12:26 pm
Education
“By Teachers, For Teachers”: State senate OKs pay bill for educators
Mississippi senators acted quickly Wednesday to unanimously pass a teacher pay raise bill, sending it back to the House for possible debate within the next ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:11 pm
Education
Mississippi teacher pay survives legislators’ political spat
Proposals to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the U.S. were in danger Tuesday as Mississippi legislators engaged in a political showdown. Hours ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:30 am
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University of Mississippi lifts its mask mandate
The University of Mississippi has lifted its mask mandate. Face coverings are now optional in classrooms, laboratories, studios, residence halls, libraries, dining facilities, the Student ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 9:28 am
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Russia-Ukraine War: What to know as Ukraine resists advance
Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance on key cities, at least for now, while a Ukrainian delegation arrived at the border with Belarus on Monday for ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, February 28, 2022 8:48 am
Crime
Oxford police force targets catalytic converter thieves
The Oxford Police Department aims to curb the thefts of catalytic converters. OPD has teamed with Gateway Tire to engrave identifying marks on the devices. ...
by AP/Wire, Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:10 pm
DEVELOPING NEWS
Ukraine, Russia diplomats to meet on Belarus border
The office of Ukraine’s president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...
by AP/Wire, Sunday, February 27, 2022 8:14 am
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War via TikTok: Russia’s new tool for propaganda machine
The Russian TikTok video has it all: a cat, puppies and a pulsing background beat. It’s cute, watchable and hardly seems the stuff of state ...
by AP/Wire, Saturday, February 26, 2022 11:00 am
DEVELOPING NEWS
Russians push toward Ukraine’s capital; residents take cover
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Saturday after a night of explosions and street fighting sent Kyiv residents seeking shelter ...
by AP/Wire, Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:01 am
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Income-tax phaseout up for debate in long-poor Mississipp
Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts: It’s one of the poorest, unhealthiest states in the nation, with public schools that are chronically underfunded. ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, February 21, 2022 12:15 pm
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US Senator Roger Wicker tests positive for COVID for the second time
Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. This the second time he has tested positive. “I ...
by AP/Wire, Saturday, February 19, 2022 3:30 pm
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Mississippi legislators push 1st round of budget proposals
Mississippi legislators are working on proposals to fund state government for the year that begins July 1. The Republican-controlled House and Senate on Thursday passed ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, February 18, 2022 12:30 pm
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Mississippi could rethink a Medicaid managed care contract
The Mississippi House has voted to make the state’s Medicaid program end a contract with health care giant Centene, although that plan could change later ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, February 14, 2022 8:57 am
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Mississippi could revive a form of initiative process
Mississippi legislators are working to set a new way for people to petition to put issues on statewide ballots, months after the state Supreme Court ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 8:49 am
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