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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 7, 2021

Initiative could legalize cannabis and hemp for all Mississippians

A ballot initiative has been filed by a doctor who previously faced drug charges related to the use and cultivation of marijuana.  Ballot initiative 77, submitted by Dr. David Allen of Moss Point, would legalize the growing and use of cannabis and hemp across the state of Mississippi. It also calls for the decriminalization of…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 7, 2021

Job numbers miss the mark with only 266,000 added in April

According to Wall Street expectations, the U.S. hiring markets “sharply” missed the mark with employment additions in April. While unemployment rates are still well below the peak of April 2020 at 14.7%, there was an unexpected increase to 6.1% in recent days. Expectations by the Department of Labor had assessed there to be an unemployment…