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Lawmakers pass $247M in incentives for aluminum mill
The Mississippi Legislature, in a one-day special session with only a handful of dissenting votes, approved $247 million…
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What is Steel Dynamics, the Fortune 500 company that lawmakers gave $247M?
State lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $247 million tax incentives deal for Steel Dynamics Inc., a Fort Wayne,…
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Dick Hall, former transportation commissioner, dies at age 84
Mississippi’s longest serving transportation commissioner Dick Hall died on Wednesday at the Baptist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. He…
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Reeves calls in legislature for ‘biggest economic development project in history’
Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday announced he was calling lawmakers into special session Wednesday for what he called…
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Court asked to remove vestige of Jim Crow from state Constitution
The United States Supreme Court is being asked to find unconstitutional Mississippi’s lifetime ban on people convicted of…
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Vote scheduled to decide fate of Gulf Coast Amtrak route
A federal board has scheduled its vote on whether Amtrak’s service will return to Mississippi’s Gulf Coast with…
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Tunnel vision puts blinders on criminal justice system
Sabrina Butler sat terrified in the dimly lit interrogation room in Columbus, Mississippi. White men towered over the…
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Visiting crowds put strain on Jackson water system, mayor says
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba cautioned at a Monday press conference that capital city residents should be conscious…
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School chiefs prepare for possibility of facing active shooter
HATTIESBURG – In response to school shootings across the country, Mississippi superintendents are receiving training on how to…
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State’s health care woes ignored by some, but not all at annual Hobnob
“Only positive Mississippi spoken here,” a phrase coined by former Gov. Kirk Fordice, was the theme for the…