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March 18, 2020
SALTER: From polio to influenza to COVID-19, nation’s history offers lessons in perseverance
By: Sid Salter As a child in the mid-1960s, I remember standing in a line out the door and into the parking lot of the school building where my twin sister and I received our oral polio vaccine. We stood with hundreds of rural Mississippians in the hot sun, waiting on that magic sugar cube.…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 16, 2020
Legislative Democrats Call for Bipartisan Emergency Measures & Suspension of Legislative Session in Response to COVID-19 Cases in Mississippi
Legislative Democrats including the Mississippi House and Senate Democratic Caucuses along with the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus encourage the Governor, Speaker of the House and Lt. Governor to spend this week working with us on a host of bipartisan emergency measures that tackle two immediate concerns. First, the Legislature must ensure health care providers have…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 16, 2020
Governor Tate Reeves Signs Executive Orders Furthering Mississippi’s COVID-19 Response
Today, Governor Tate Reeves signed two executive orders to further the state’s response to COVID-19 and aid Mississippians being impacted. Addressing Mississippians via Facebook Live, Governor Reeves announced the ongoing efforts working with state and local agencies to proactively prepare for and respond to the changing circumstances surrounding COVID-19 in the state. For the Governor’s full…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 16, 2020
Reeves, MEMA and Department of Health give update on state’s response to COVID-19
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, State Health Department and Governor Tate Reeves joined together on Monday to update the public on the state’s preparedness and response to COVID-19, or Coronavirus. Reeves joined the presser via video conference due to his current quarantine after returning from Spain. The quality was difficult to understand so he appeared…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 16, 2020
Attorney General Fitch warns of scams during coronavirus outbreak
Attorney General Lynn Fitch, who is serving on the Governor’s committee for Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Planning, is urging all Mississippians to be particularly vigilant right now about scams and frauds that are emerging in the wake of the current emergency circumstances. “Emergencies bring out the best in some people, but sometimes they bring out…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 16, 2020
PERS temporarily suspends guest visits
PERS temporarily suspends guest visits In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) is temporarily suspending visitors to the PERS building and will conduct retirement counseling via telephone. “PERS is working to ensure that our critical tasks of paying benefits and processing retirement applications continues,” said PERS Executive Director…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2020
Governor Tate Reeves Announces Mississippi Disaster Declaration from Trump Administration
In response to the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that impacted Mississippi on January 10-11, 2020, Governor Tate Reeves announced that President Donald Trump declared a major disaster exists in Mississippi and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts. The counties declared as federal disaster areas on Thursday, March 12,…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 12, 2020
MDOC Suspends Inmate Transfers as Part of Response to Coronavirus
Effective immediately, the Mississippi Department of Corrections is suspending the transfers of inmates from all county jails to MDOC custody until further notice. The action is in addition to the temporary suspension of visitation at all facilities with MDOC inmates as the MDOC establishes sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 12, 2020
MDOC Takes Steps to Protect Staff, Inmates, Public against Coronavirus Exposure
Effective immediately, visitation at all facilities where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed is temporarily suspended until further notice in order to establish sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is a precautionary measure to protect staff, inmates, volunteers, and visitors from potential exposure to the coronavirus. Attorneys and essential…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 12, 2020
VIDEO: State Health Department addresses Coronavirus threat in Mississippi
The Mississippi State Health Department Held a press conference just one day after the first case was reported in the state. In attendance were Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. Governor Reeves is still out of the country in Spain with his family but Director of MSHD Dr. Thomas Dobbs…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: President Trump bans travel from Europe to USA effective Friday
In the wake of the Coronavirus, President Donald Trump has banned travel for individuals from Europe to the United States for 30 days, effective Friday March 13, 2020. pic.twitter.com/YioC9eARdP — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2020 Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf clarified the European travel restrictions as the “Schengen Area” which includes the following:…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 5, 2020
Reeves signs executive order to form committee in response to threat of Coronavirus
Governor Reeves provided an update to Mississippi on actions to address the coronavirus and plans to protect public health and minimize the risk to Mississippians. During the press conference, Governor Reeves signed an executive order establishing the Mississippi Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Planning Steering Committee. Led by Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the State Health Officer,…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 24, 2026
Mississippi welcomes a record number of visitors that spent $12.4 billion
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Frank Corder
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September 24, 2026
Crump releases Mississippi State Medical Examiner autopsy report for Wells
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Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
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September 24, 2026
Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 24, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast
Business
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
Business
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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September 24, 2026
The meaning of the Cross
Culture
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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
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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