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Legislature wins first skirmish in battle with governor over $1.25B in virus money

Mississippi lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Friday and asserted their control in a power struggle with the ... Read more

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Lawmakers to governor: Not so fast, we have authority to allocate virus relief money, not you

Mississippi lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Friday for a showdown with the governor over who has the ... Read more

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Mississippi Olympian pole vaulter joins two other stars to stage backyard competition, ‘Ultimate Garden Clash’

Three of the world’s top pole vaulters are staging a show from their own backyards. After clearing the ... Read more

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‘I died and came back’ : 12-year-old coronavirus survivor recounts story

As her desperately sick daughter was being airlifted to a hospital, Jennifer Daly was thinking about all the ... Read more

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Lawmakers rush to Jackson Friday to stop Tate Reeves from spending $1.25 billion in federal virus aid

The state’s budget and a wrestling match with the governor over $1.25 billion in federal virus relief funds ... Read more

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Louisiana parishes buck governor’s advice, plan to reopen churches, other establishments on Friday

A few Louisiana parishes are bucking the governor’s continued coronavirus order by letting churches and other establishments open ... Read more

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Mississippi shipyard loses $795M Navy contract to Wisconsin shipbuilder

The Navy awarded a contract for up to 10 frigates to a Wisconsin shipbuilder on Thursday as the ... Read more

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Mississippi governor, lawmakers squabble over $1.25B in virus relief cash

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is feuding with state legislators over who has power to spend more than a ... Read more

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Mississippi’s unemployment claims dip slightly, but remain high – more than 200,000 claims since virus crisis started

Mississippi processed fewer unemployment claims last week than the week before, but the state is still seeing dramatically ... Read more

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U.S. intelligence agencies say coronavirus not manmade, still studying whether Chinese lab could have released it

U.S. intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not ... Read more

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