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Mississippi Appointing 8 Judges to Help Reduce Hinds County Case Backlog

Mississippi is spending $5 million of federal coronavirus aid to appoint eight senior judges to help reduce the backlog in the Hinds County court system.

Senate Election Committee Chairman Jeff Tate, a Republican from Meridian, said removing a name under …

• February 11, 2021

GOP-Led Mississippi Senate OKs Faster Purge of Voter Rolls

A sharply divided Mississippi Senate voted Wednesday to speed up the process of purging inactive voters' names from election rolls. proposed legislationproposed legislation. The bill passed 36-16, with all the …

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• February 11, 2021

Maranda Joiner (pictured) is partnering with the City of Jackson to implement the 2021 Live. …

• February 10, 2021

City Gets Art, Climate Change-Mitigation Grants, Fitness Court

Seven Jacksonians will explore the intersection of arts and social justice to create change and to address prevailing arts grantmaking inequities.

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• February 10, 2021

Tiffany Graves

Raised in Winchester, Va., Tiffany Graves cherished dreams of becoming a pediatrician, but when she reached the advanced courses in her high school science curriculum, she began contemplating a change …

Former Madison County Schools Superintendent Ronnie McGehee of Madison was nominated to the nine-member Board …

• February 10, 2021

Four Nominees Are Confirmed to Education Boards in Mississippi

The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday confirmed three people to the state Board of Education and one to the state Charter School Authorizer Board.

Mississippi legislators are pushing forward with proposals to let college athletes earn money from their …

• February 10, 2021

Mississippi Pushes to OK College Athletes' Earning on Image

Mississippi legislators are pushing forward with proposals to let college athletes earn money from their own name, image or likeness.

Sen. Chris McDaniel, a Republican from Ellisville, said Medicaid — a government health insurance program …

• February 10, 2021

Mississippi Senate Rejects 2 Proposals to Expand Medicaid

The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday rejected two proposals to expand Medicaid to people who work low-wage jobs that don't provide private health insurance.

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• February 9, 2021

Mayor Lumumba Extends Civil Emergency, Curfew Order

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba extended the Proclamation of Civil Emergency and Mayoral Curfew Order for minors under the age of 18 years initially issued last week.

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• February 9, 2021

Brian Pugh

Mississippi Business Journal recently named Jackson State University alum Brian Pugh, executive director of the Stennis Center for Public Service, as Top Person of the Year for Mississippi's Top 50 …

“We don't want to create barriers,” the state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, said in …

• February 9, 2021

Mississippi: 2% of COVID Vaccines Go to Out-of-State People

About 2% of the COVID-19 vaccinations given so far in Mississippi have gone to people with out-of-state addresses, state health officials said Monday.