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Lawmakers consider ‘common sense’ laws to ease prison sentences for minors
For the money Mississippi spends each year to imprison a kid, it could have paid the annual tuition…
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‘Quit is not in my vocabulary’: After his wife got cancer, this Laurel man took oil companies to court
LAUREL — Driving down his curving, wooded street on the edges of Laurel, Marlan Baucum points to each…
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Senate overwhelmingly passes medical marijuana
Sen. Kevin Blackwell recited Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” — “everybody must get stoned” —…
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MSDH reinstates COVID-19 care plan as cases spike
The Mississippi Department of Health on Tuesday issued an order directing all hospitals to participate in a statewide…
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Omicron pushes understaffed hospital system into crisis mode
The omicron variant is pushing already strapped Mississippi hospitals across the state to their limits, as health care…
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Anxiety high as colleges start spring semester
Human resources sent its first announcement of the spring semester the Monday before classes started at Delta State…
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As clock ticks, headwinds build against passage of medical marijuana
For some time after the Supreme Court shot down a vote of the people to create a Mississippi…
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LOST IN THE SHUFFLE: Chronically ill suffer as politicians quibble over medical marijuana
As politicians haggle over grams and taxes, THC levels and canopy space, license fees and excises, thousands of…
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COVID-19 cases rise as holidays approach
Mississippi’s health department has reported an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the last few weeks after a months-long…
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ANALYSIS: Teacher pay remains an afterthought, despite once-in-a-lifetime financial opportunity
In Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar’s fifth and final stop on a statewide listening tour to talk…