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Mother, son plead guilty in Mississippi welfare misspending

A mother and son who ran a nonprofit group and an education company in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to state charges of misusing public money intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation

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GOP governor vetoes bill to end Jim Crow

Gov. Tate Reeves called felony disenfranchisement an "animating principle" of "every great republic"

Salon

Mississippi set to become final state with equal pay law

Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men

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Mississippi welfare agency ex-director faces new charges

A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges

The Independent UK

2022 NFL Draft Rankings: Final Big Board Top 262

From Aidan Hutchinson to a potential Mr. Irrelevant and 15 Georgia Bulldogs in between.

Sports Illustrated

Mississippi ditches state song with racist history

Song is set to the campaign tune of a former state governor who pledged to preserve racial segregation

The Independent UK

‘He is a monster’: Mississippi man catches mega catfish

Eugene Cronley broke a state record when he caught the ‘fish of a lifetime’ after a 40-minute tussle

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Mississippi man catches 131-pound catfish, sets state record

A Mississippi man reeled in a massive blue catfish that set a state record

The Independent UK

'One Mississippi' replaces state song that had racist roots

Mississippi is ditching a state song that’s based on the campaign tune of a former governor who pledged to preserve segregation

The Independent UK

Caught Fish: Mississippi Angler Nets Biggest Catfish In States History

Eugene Cronley, from the city of Brandon, caught the 131-lb whopper in the Mississippi River on April 7th.

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Abortion ban after 15 weeks signed into law in Florida

Florida will soon ban abortions after 15 weeks

The Independent UK

All Mississippi’s U.S. House incumbents face primaries for the first time since 2012

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Mississippi was March 1, 2022. This year, 24 candidates—an average of six for each of the state’s four U.S. House districts—filed to run, including 16 Republicans, seven Democrats, and one Libertarian. The six candidates per district average…

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Mississippi honors Confederate month

Tate's proclamation also highlights that April 30 has been declared Confederate Memorial Day

Salon

Mississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage Month

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is defending his decision to again name April as Confederate Heritage Month

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Money spat resolved over LGBTQ books at Mississippi library

A Mississippi library is on track to receive its full budget, months after a mayor threatened to withhold money because the library displayed LGBTQ books for young readers

The Independent UK

Former Franciscan friar convicted of 1990s child sex abuse

A former Franciscan friar has been convicted of sexually abusing a grade school student during the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi

Chicago Sun-Times

Old Crow Medicine Show offers serious tonic of songs on ‘Paint This Town’

“Paint This Town” is indeed a party starter, but there are also powerful songs about racism, drugs, the abolitionist movement, environmental degradation and the Mississippi flag.

The Independent UK

Mississippi governor declares April ‘Confederate Heritage Month’ for third year in a row

This is the third year that the Mississippi governor has declared the month of April be dedicated to commemorating the Confederacy

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Eudora Welty letters released 2 decades after author's death

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is allowing the public to have access to additional papers from the late author Eudora Welty

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Record-shattering catfish caught on Mississippi River

A Mississippi angler has shattered the state record for blue catfish after a 40-minute fight with what he described as “a fish of a lifetime.”

Salon

Blackburn: Tennesseans want border wall

In fact, Tennessee is located roughly 1,700 from Mexico and borders Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia

USA Today Sports Media Group

Another mock draft projects Seahawks trade up to select quarterback

In his recent mock draft, Chad Reuter projects the Seattle Seahawks trade up in the first round to select Mississippi QB Matt Corral.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Texts Show Brett Favre’s Role in Mississippi Welfare Fraud Scandal

The retired quarterback reportedly influenced where Mississippi spent its welfare funds.

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Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

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Mississippi enacts new legislative district boundaries

Mississippi enacted new state legislative district boundaries on March 31 when both legislative chambers approved district maps for the other chamber. Legislative redistricting in Mississippi does not require gubernatorial approval. The maps will take effect for the state’s next legislative elections, in 2023.

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