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Sarah Ulmer
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August 19, 2021
Mississippi Lottery starts off a new fiscal year of transfers at $8.8 million
The Mississippi Lottery Corperation has announced its first transfer to the state budget for the FY 2022 year. In July they transferred $8,846,238.86 in net proceeds to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in the Mississippi State Treasury. This is the first deposit for Fiscal Year 2022, which began July 1, 2021. RELATED: MS Lottery transfers over $138…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 19, 2021
AG Fitch announces sentencing in $4-Million Medicaid Fraud case
Attorney General Lyn Fitch announced the sentencing of an individual involved in Medicaid fraud. On Tuesday a Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Faye Peterson, sentenced Regina Thomas owner of the former Total Healthcare Network, Inc., on five counts of Medicaid Fraud. The total amount of fraud came to $4,091,208.09 in over-billing and billing for services…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 18, 2021
FDA authorizes third dose of COVID vaccine
Biden Administration prepares to roll out booster shots for Americans next month. Late last week, the F.D.A. authorized a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for certain people with weakened immune systems. Immunocompromised people make up nearly 3% of the U.S. population. Top health officials announced that the Biden administration will begin offering…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 18, 2021
New members join the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the addition of 49 experienced and highly regarded professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC). The MTAC, formed in 2016, now includes 300 educators representing schools in urban and rural settings and an array of content areas, including general education,…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 18, 2021
Miss. Senators join letter urging Biden to reverse call asking OPEC to increase oil production
Twenty four senators write letter urging Biden to unleash clean, affordable and reliable American energy Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith have signed a letter urging President Biden to reverse his decision to ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies to increase oil production in response to rising gas prices. Due…
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 18, 2021
SALTER: Like the rest of the nation, state’s Death Row population declines the last 20 years
By: Sid Salter Mississippi hasn’t executed a Death Row inmate since former grocery store butcher Gary Carl Simmons Jr. was executed on June 20, 2012, for the grisly 1996 murder and dismemberment of Jeffrey Wolfe and the subsequent kidnapping and rape of Wolfe’s girlfriend in Pascagoula. At that time, there were 53 inmates on Mississippi’s…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 17, 2021
UMMC officials join with others to discuss new field hospital for adults at Jackson campus
On Tuesday, leaders from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Samaritan’s Purse, the Mississippi Department of Health as well as the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency discussed the opening of a field hospital for adult patients inside the parking garage adjacent to the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi in Jackson.
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Anne Summerhays
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August 17, 2021
Hyde-Smith, Colleagues demand answers on IRS treatment of religious nonprofit seeking tax-exemption status
Letter demands answers on how the IRS handles tax-exempt status applications from religious organizations. Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) along with several of her colleagues sent a letter asking the U.S. Treasury Department on how the Internal Revenue Service handles tax-exempt status applications from religious organizations. Sen. Hyde-Smith stated on social media that it is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 16, 2021
Mississippi Democrats urge Reeves to call for a statewide mask mandate
Mississippi Democrats are urging Governor Reeves to reinstate a statewide mask mandate. Leader of the Mississippi Democratic Party Tyree Irving released a statement on Monday urging Governor Tate Reeves to reinstate a statewide mask mandate for Mississippians. His plea comes after Mississippi’s three day average of covid cases came to 7,839 and 52 new deaths…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 16, 2021
As state reaches 7,839 COVID-19 cases, UMMC opens second field hospital in parking garages
The health care system in Mississippi is receiving reinforcements through a request to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) by M.S. Department of Health. Today the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting a three day tally of 7,839 more cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, 52 deaths, and 170 ongoing outbreaks in…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 16, 2021
Mayor Lumumba issues executive order amending COVID-19 guidelines for city employees
Anyone employed by the city of Jackson will be working under new restrictions today. The mayor signed the executive order on Wednesday, requiring all City workers to produce proof by Aug. 31 of receiving at least one vaccine dose or a negative COVID-19 test result once a week at their own cost. Face coverings must also be…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 16, 2021
Population shifts in Mississippi will result in gain, loss of legislative seats
Mississippi showed a decrease of 6,000 residents but some cities showed significant gains as populations shifted. Mississippi lawmakers will soon face the reality of redrawing district lines after the 2020 Census. The Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee is currently holding hearings across the state to gather input from the public regarding the way this will be…
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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September 23, 2026
Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspect
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Frank Corder
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September 23, 2026
After losing her bid for U.S. Senate in the Democratic Primary, Priscilla Till to run for Mississippi Governor
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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September 23, 2026
No. 21 Florida counting on Swamp to help slow down No. 4 Ole Miss star QB Trinidad Chambliss
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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September 23, 2026
Jim Abbott: Paper man chasing the truth in the Mississippi Delta
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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September 23, 2026
Discord and division
Opinion
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
Opinion
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
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