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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…