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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

The Independent UK

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

The Independent UK

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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

The Independent UK

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.”

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Blackburn: Tennesseans want border wall

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

Salon

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.

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

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

Sports Illustrated

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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Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

The Independent UK

Tyler Technologies To Provide Unified Platform For All Cannabis Licensing Needs In Mississippi

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced today it has signed a five-year agreement with the state of Mississippi for Tyler’s NIC Licensing Solution, the government licensing platform designed specifically for the cannabis industry.

Benzinga

Mississippi governor signs state's largest income tax cut

Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes, beginning in 2023

The Independent UK

The census missed some folks. These cities want them counted

When the 2020 census found that tiny McNab, Arkansas, had lost more than half its residents, Mayor James Conway went door to door and found 45 people in the rural town instead of the 30 reported by the census.

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Metrc Announces New Track-And-Trace Contract With Mississippi

Metrc, a provider of cannabis regulatory systems in the U.S., announced a new contract with the state of Mississippi to support the regulation of its medical cannabis market. This marks Metrc’s 21st government contract to date nationwide.

The Independent UK

Mississippi joins states limiting outside election funding

Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private groups for voting operations

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Mississippi Governor Reeves signs bill affecting how race can be taught in public schools

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) on March 14, 2022, signed a bill into law to prohibit teaching critical race theory in public schools. Senate Bill 2113 passed by a 75-43 vote in the House and a 32-2 vote in the Senate.

The Guardian - US

Opponents of Mississippi’s anti- critical race theory law fear whitewashing of history

In Republicans’ fevered imaginations, schoolchildren are browbeaten into admitting they are racist

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Can two players from a Mississippi town of 3,500 win on the PGA Tour and LPGA in back-to-back weeks? Ally Ewing charging at Chevron

Ewing has two top-10 finishes in four starts at this event, finishing tied for seventh last year.

The Independent UK

'Go, Mississippi': State could ditch song with racist roots

Mississippi is on the verge of retiring a state song with racist roots, two years after it surrendered a Confederate-themed state flag

The Independent UK

Mississippi governor signs largest teacher raise in years

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to authorize the state's largest teacher pay raise in a generation

The Independent UK

Mississippi could become final state with equal pay law

Mississippi could become the final state to enact a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men

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‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime

Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

Benzinga

Ibogaine Blocks Alcohol's Rewarding Effects On Mice, Recent Study Finds

According to a recent study published in the Frontiers in Psychopharmacology journal, the psychoactive substance ibogaine could block some addiction-related effects of alcohol. The study analyzed the effects of ibogaine in mice through the model of addiction known as “conditioned place preference” (CPP), which measures the tendency for animals to spend…

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Old Dominion Freight Line Adds Capacity Via New, Expanded Facilities

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (NASDAQ:ODFL) revealed its expansion efforts with service center growth in seven cities in 4Q21 and 1Q22. The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier's new or improved facilities include Alliance, Texas; Byhalia, Mississippi; Clear Lake, Iowa; Kernersville, North Carolina; Marysville, Washington; West Columbia, South Carolina; and Westfield, Massachusetts. The company specified that…

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