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Mississippi officials sue to block federal voter registration efforts

Mississippi is joining eight other states in a lawsuit attempting to block efforts by the administration of President ... Read more

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Mississippi’s sodomy law cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars, but it remains on the books

Mississippi coughed up more than $400,000 this year to attorneys who sued the state over an unconstitutional sodomy ... Read more

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BCBS drops defamation lawsuit against UMMC

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi dropped its defamation lawsuit against the University of Mississippi Medical Center, ... Read more

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United Furniture went from state-funded darling to laying off 2,700 workers

United Furniture Industries — the Tupelo-based furnishings manufacturer that recently laid off its entire staff via email and ... Read more

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BOBBY HARRISON: Is abortion legal in Mississippi? Voters could decide

Since the United States Supreme Court in a Mississippi case stripped away a national right to an abortion, ... Read more

Local News

MPSD tightens security after altercation

Following an altercation at Meridian High School Friday that led to the cancelation of a football game between the school and ... Read more

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Lawsuit: St. Dominic violating federal law

When Scott Crawford goes to see his neurologist at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson, he travels down ... Read more

State

Welfare agency hires new counsel for civil suit, defense attorney objects

The Mississippi State Personnel Board gave the state’s welfare department the green light Thursday to hire new legal ... Read more

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Avenging his cattle’s death, Mississippi farmer discovers a pollution loophole

ECRU – John Adam Nowlin wants the world to know what killed his cows. Nowlin, a farmer who ... Read more

Columns

BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi, where abortion is technically both legal and illegal at the same time

Despite the current abortion ban imposed by state law, a brave doctor could theoretically perform the medical procedure ... Read more