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Economy

Miss. Budgeters Reduce Revenue Estimate for Current Year

Budget writers say Mississippi government will have slightly less money to spend during the current fiscal year because of slow economic growth.

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GOP Speaker Gunn: Women Lawmakers Like to Be Called 'Girls'

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn has been traveling the state telling voters the same thing months: if you want your man's voice to be heard at the Capitol, you'd better …

Business

Newton Hospital to Close After Federal Payment Downgrade

Pioneer Community Hospital of Newton will close Dec. 1, becoming the fourth Mississippi hospital to close since 2013.

World

UPDATED: More Than 100 Dead in Paris Shootings

PARIS (AP) — A series of unprecedented attacks on popular night spots killed more than 100 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II, officials said. …

Abortion

Supreme Court To Hear Texas Abortion Case, No Separate Action on Mississippi Appeal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics.

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Retired Judge Pickering to Lead Ben Carson Campaign in Miss.

A retired federal judge will be the Mississippi chairman of Republican Ben Carson's presidential campaign.

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Mike Middleton

Healing a campus riven by student protests over race relations and recent online terror threats isn't just a mandate for interim University of Missouri system president Mike Middleton.

Culture

Black Students Around US Address Everyday Racism

BOSTON (AP) — It's not always the slurs and the other out-and-out acts of racism. It's the casual, everyday slights and insensitivities.

State

Community Work Center for Inmates is Closed in Alcorn County

The Mississippi Department of Corrections is temporarily closing its community work center in Alcorn County.

Business

Miss. Power Agrees to Charge Less for Part of Kemper Plant

Mississippi Power Co. said Tuesday it will accept a smaller rate increase for part of the $6.4 billion Kemper County power plant it's building.

Business

Moody's Cuts Mississippi Power Credit Rating After Elections

A bond rating agency downgraded Mississippi Power Co.'s debt to the lowest investment-grade level, saying the election of two new members of the state Public Service Commission "increases regulatory uncertainty."

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Bennie Thompson Announces Support for Hillary Clinton

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi told The Associated Press he has known Clinton since the 1980s, when he was a Hinds County supervisor and she was an attorney in Arkansas. …

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Mississippi State Plans Memorial for Athlete and Father Killed in Wreck

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State will host a memorial service on Thursday in honor of a father and son who both played for the Bulldogs and were killed in …

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University of Missouri President Resigns

The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as his indifference to racial …

State

Southern Miss Self-Imposes Postseason Ban for 2nd Year

Southern Mississippi says it is self-imposing a postseason ban for the basketball program for a second straight season because of an ongoing NCAA investigation regarding former coach Donnie Tyndall's tenure.