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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
May 7, 2021

Packed Mississippi college baseball stadiums do not appear to impact stats on COVID spread

Since lifting capacity restrictions on outdoor events, Mississippi’s COVID numbers have gone down and stayed down. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves lifted the state’s COVID-19 mask orders for businesses and public venues on March 2, 2021. He further allowed stadiums and arenas to operate at 50% capacity at that time. K-12 schools were the only places…
News  |  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…