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Gunn: Getting COVID vaccine is adhering to Jesus’ command to ‘love thy neighbor’
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, who often equates his public policy decisions with his religious beliefs, has…
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Lawmakers ‘very, very close’ to medical marijuana deal
The lead Senate and House negotiators working on a Mississippi medical marijuana program to replace the one shot…
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Lawmakers set hearings on income tax elimination or cuts
Lawmakers plan to hold two days of hearings on eliminating or cutting Mississippi’s individual income tax on Aug.…
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Accelerate Mississippi aims to solve state’s workforce problem
Mississippi doesn’t have a clear workforce development plan yet, but the state has found its playbook’s author in…
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‘An explosive recipe’: Delta surge shows no sign of stopping
From the stalls of the Mississippi Farmer’s Market in Jackson, the row of cars coming in for COVID-19…
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Heat advisory for East Mississippi extended to 7 p.m. Sunday
East Mississippi residents are being urged to stay cool as hot temperatures and high humidity continue through the…
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Heat advisory for East Mississippi extended to 7 p.m. Saturday
East Mississippi residents are being urged to stay cool as hot temperatures and high humidity continue through the…
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Teachers union calls on Reeves to mandate masks in schools
The state’s teachers union is calling on Gov. Tate Reeves to mandate masks in schools in the fall.…
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‘It’s not an individual decision’: Parents sound off on mask, vaccine requirements in schools
Florance Bass of Brandon kept her kindergarten son home last year. Nicholas, who has Down syndrome and a…
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House, Senate leaders: Medical marijuana legislative session could be held in August
House and Senate negotiators are expected to begin meeting next week to try to draft a medical marijuana…