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'An Abortion Desert': Mississippi Women May Feel Effect of Louisiana Case

A Louisiana abortion law would turn the Bayou State into "an abortion desert" and would have strong ripple effects for women in Mississippi and other states across the country, opponents …

The Justice Department announced Feb. 5 that its civil rights division would investigate Mississippi prisons …

• March 2, 2020

Autopsy Set for Another Mississippi Inmate Who Dies

Another Mississippi inmate has died in a state prison system that remains under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.

Nearly $10.3 million of the federal emergency funding is to repair damage caused by flooding …

• March 2, 2020

Mississippi Gets Money for Transportation After Flooding

Mississippi is receiving millions of federal dollars to pay for transportation needs after natural disasters.

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• February 28, 2020

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• February 28, 2020

Screenshot of HIV/AIDS testing centers in Jackson from hiv.gov.

• February 28, 2020

Mississippi Receives Grant to Fight High Rates of HIV/AIDS

As Mississippi continues to experience high HIV/AIDS infection rates, a federal grant aims to support the state in fighting the epidemic.

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• February 28, 2020

Melony Armstrong: Braiding Pioneer

The transition from being a professional hair braider looking to make a living to suing the State Board of Cosmetology in 2004 and lobbying her own hair bill in 2005 …

The Rankin Hinds Pearl River Flood & Drainage Control District, called the Levee Board, is …

• February 27, 2020

'One Lake' Critics Sound Alarms on Bridges, Environment, Industry Effects

Environmentalists are sounding alarms over concerns that the Levee Board is misrepresenting alternative solutions to Jackson's flooding woes in favor of lucrative property-development opportunities.

The University of Southern Mississippi's theater program will host its 15th annual Midsummer Musical Theatre …

• February 27, 2020

USM Theater Program, UM Business Program and MSU/ECCC Partnership

The University of Southern Mississippi's theater program will host its 15th annual Midsummer Musical Theatre Experience at the USM campus in Hattiesburg from July 6-17. The program is for children …

OPINION: Stop Talking About Corruption: The Nature of Ethnic Patronage Politics

"Corruption implies dishonesty, sleaze and fraud. Historically, such corruption has taken the form of kickbacks and favoritism to supporters of electoral campaigns. ... Is Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's regime thus …

Columnist Adofo Minka argues that Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba's allegations of corruption by black subcontractors …

• February 27, 2020

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• February 27, 2020

Rickea Jackson

Freshman forward Rickea Jackson was the Gatorade Michigan Player of the Year for 2018 and 2019. She was the Michigan Player of the Year in 2019, 2019 Michigan Miss Basketball, …

Republican Rep. Joey Hood of Ackerman said federal authorities have pushed states to set an …

• February 27, 2020