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Mississippi Free Press
13h ago
Mississippi can wait to expand Medicaid until former President Donald Trump is reelected, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said.
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Mississippi Free Press
16h ago
The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 5-1 to demolish the buildings that once housed three elementary schools.
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Mississippi Free Press
16h ago
Mississippi’s first serious effort to expand Medicaid is crumbling amid a clash between the House and Senate over work requirements.
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Mississippi Free Press
16h ago
Cherokee Concerned Citizens has partnered with Anthropocene Alliance to help secure federal grant funds to restore their community.
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Mississippi Free Press
1d ago
Mississippi Democrats could kill a Republican-led Medicaid expansion plan that may not pass federal muster, the Senate minority leader warned.
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1d ago
The Mississippi Free Press is pleased was honored in April with the inaugural Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership prize.
The post ‘A Beacon of Hope’: Mississippi Free Press Wins Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership in First Poynter Prizes appeared first on Mississippi Free Press ..read more
Mississippi Free Press
2d ago
Efforts to curtail the rights of transgender Mississippians died, including bathroom restrictions and a bill to define sex as binary under state law.
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Mississippi Free Press
2d ago
The body of Dau Mabil, a Mississippi man who was found dead after vanishing, will not be released to family while an investigation continues.
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‘The Underdog’: Jackson High Schoolers Get Free Tickets for Thomas ‘Snacks’ Lee Documentary Premiere
Mississippi Free Press
2d ago
JSU alum Thomas “Snacks” Lee distributed free tickets to the premiere of his documentary at Thalia Mara Hall to Mississippi high-school students.
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Mississippi Free Press
2d ago
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift that could have wide ripple effects.
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