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Mississippi House again seeks lottery despite dim prospects

A longtime proponent of a lottery for Mississippi tried again Thursday to prod legislative leaders to consider one, ...

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Mississippi awaits governor’s OK on abortion restriction

A Mississippi bill to make most abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy is now awaiting the governor’s ...

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Two people found dead; murder-suicide suspected

Deputies in Mississippi found the bodies of two people killed by gunshots to the head, and say it ...

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Inmate involved in killing of state trooper dies in prison

A man serving a life prison sentence in the shooting death of a Mississippi state trooper in the ...

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Mississippi police kill shooting suspect in standoff

Mississippi police killed a suspect wanted for a January shooting during a four-hour standoff over the weekend.

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Public school lobby claims win over rewriting state funding formula

Mississippi’s traditional public school lobby is not dead, any rematch over rewriting the school funding formula could have ...

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Senators reject change to Mississippi school funding formula

Mississippi lawmakers are rejecting an attempt to rewrite the state’s public school funding formula.

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Police chief suspended after pot-smoking video surfaces

A police chief in Mississippi has been suspended after a video surfaced online of him allegedly smoking marijuana.

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Gunshot at Georgia school ignites debate on arming teachers

Police say they don’t know why a popular teacher allegedly fired a handgun inside his classroom, causing a ...

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Baton Rouge easing up on marijuana penalties

A Louisiana metro council has voted to overhaul its marijuana penalties.

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Family convicted in health care fraud conspiracy in Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee

A family has been convicted of defrauding federal health care programs of millions of dollars by selling back ...

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McDaniel announces he will run against Mississippi’s Sen. Roger Wicker

A tea party-backed state lawmaker who came close to unseating one of Mississippi’s U.S. senators during a bitter ...

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The long-empty theater in Bay St. Louis is about to get an encore

  BILOXI (AP) — The long-vacant A&G Theater in Old Town is about to make an encore as ...

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Gay pride parade organizers sue Mississippi city over denial

Two women sued a Mississippi college town Monday over its denial of a permit for a gay pride ...

Associated Press

Book raises questions about pathologist who played role in Natchez death penalty case

It's not just about Steven Hayne and Michael West.

Associated Press

Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99

MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, ...

Associated Press

Copiah-Lincoln Community College selects new president

A southwest Mississippi community college has chosen an insider as its new president.

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Jefferson County student data exposed during breach by vendor

Mississippi education officials said Monday that a recently disclosed data breach by a testing vendor has exposed information ...

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Funding plan for roads, bridges get bipartisan support in House

With bipartisan support, the Mississippi House is advancing a plan to send millions of state dollars to cities ...

Associated Press

New education funding formula seeks $107M more for state aid to K-12 schools

Leaders in the Mississippi House are seeking a new education funding formula that would require $107 million more ...

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