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Lawmakers pass teacher pay raise

The state House on Tuesday passed the largest teacher pay raise in state history — one that kept…

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Thousands of nursing school applicants rejected as faculty shortage grows

When Lydia Hall takes her nursing students to make rounds at the hospital, she watches closely as her…

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State delegation responds to State of the Union

Mississippi representatives and senators weighed in after President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address…

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Senate takes House bill to ensure passage of teacher pay raise

House leaders, for the second consecutive year on a key deadline day, killed a Senate bill, essentially forcing…

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Ambulance providers fear a system collapse is near

Mississippi’s ambulance system is falling apart, pushing more and more workers from a job that was a hard…

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Clinics turned women away — even during crises — if they had past due bills

Aubree Jordan of Madison has suffered from endometriosis since she was in middle school. She was a regular…

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Universities got millions in pandemic relief, but it’s hard to know how they spent it

Mississippi’s eight public universities got hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to keep their doors…

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Disjointed justice system leaves Scott County woman fighting for her life

Kizzetta McClendon met Tony Boyd in November of 2019, and just four months later, she said, he was…

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CDC study examines potential link between COVID-19 and pediatric diabetes, as experts warned

These days, Dr. Jessica Lilley isn’t surprised by much. When weeks bring her a sudden influx of new…

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Thousands languish in Mississippi jails without lawyers

Duane Lake was overwhelmed with helplessness between his arrest for allegedly murdering two people in 2015 and his…