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US history test dropped as requirement for high school graduates in Mississippi
Mississippi high schoolers no longer have to pass the U.S. history test to graduate. Read more
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Medgar Evers’ family fights efforts to strip name from Navy vessel
A week after Pentagon leaders announced their intention to possibly rename the USNS Medgar Evers, christened for the ... Read more
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Execution date set for oldest Mississippi death row inmate
Decades after Richard Jordan received a death sentence and went through years of appeals, the Mississippi Supreme Court ... Read more
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Mississippi State fires baseball coach nearly 4 years after guiding school to national championship
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today April 28, 2025 Not quite four years after guiding Mississippi State to a ... Read more
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Mississippi company denied permit to expand emissions after repeat violations
After over three hours and two executive sessions on Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Permit Board ... Read more
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Mississippi AG, state auditor trade accusations over misspent tax dollars
by Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today December 11, 2024 At the request of a top lawmaker, ... Read more
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Mississippi school districts scramble to re-assess scores after state tests scored incorrectly
Spring 2024 preliminary state test results reported to districts across the state were scored incorrectly according to the ... Read more
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Mississippi legislator to Corps of Engineers: We will sue you over proposed plans for Pearl River
Even with an adjusted proposal to tackle flood risk in Jackson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still faces ... Read more
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Juvenile airlifted, another taken to hospital after ATV accident during trail ride
A juvenile was injured and had to be airlifted to a hospital late Saturday afternoon after an ATV ... Read more
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Mississippi Medicaid expansion measure expected to die Thursday night, legislative leaders say
An effort in the Mississippi Legislature to accept billions of dollars in federal money to expand Medicaid coverage ... Read more