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Fundrise Bets On Continued Rental Market Growth With $37.6 Million Acquisition Of Gulf Coast Rental Home Community

The real estate investment platform Fundrise announced that it acquired Emerald Lakes, a community of 106 detached single-family rental homes in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Benzinga

Mississippi governor claims ‘critical race theory’ used to ‘humiliate and indoctrinate’ students

Opponents warn new law could ‘open the door for future interference and classroom censorship ‘

The Independent UK

Teacher sacked for reading bum book to students: the latest conservative book ban

On March 1, 2022, Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in New Byrum, Mississippi, faced a problem. The reader booked for a Zoom session for 240 grade two students hadn’t shown up. So Price grabbed one of his favourite books, I Need a New Butt, and…

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Uproar as Mississippi signs bill to limit discussions of race in school lessons

Bill signed by Republican governor sparks opposition from Black lawmakers who say it will silence debate about racism’s harmful effects

The Guardian - US

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms

The Independent UK

Editorial: Missouri might criminalize out-of-state abortions. That’s ridiculous

The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a Mississippi ban on abortion at 15 weeks of gestation and dismantle the landmark ruling in Roe vs. Wade that protects a woman’s right…

Los Angeles Times

Mississippi teacher fired for reading I Need a New Butt! to children

Toby Price’s termination for sharing the humorous children’s book has sparked criticism and a wave of support

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Record Cold Temperatures Could Make Mississippi Colder Than Alaska This Weekend

Late Friday night into Saturday morning, much of the Southeast will be impacted by severe weather.

Zenger

Renalytix Launches National Physician Access To KidneyIntelX Platform

Renalytix plc (NASDAQ:RNLX) has launched its new provider access portal, myIntelX, to provide nationwide online access for physicians to order KidneyIntelX bioprognostic testing. KidneyIntelX enables early-stage diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progression risk assessment by combining diverse data inputs, including blood-based biomarkers and personalized health data. It employs a proprietary algorithm to generate a…

Benzinga

'Home Town' stars back Mississippi city's tourism tax effort

The stars of HGTV’s “Home Town” appeared at the Mississippi Capitol with others from their community to support a possible increase in a local tourism tax

The Independent UK

Deion Sanders Reveals He Had Two Toes Amputated Following Blood Clots

The Jackson State coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer underwent foot surgery that required a three-week stay at a Mississippi hospital.

Sports Illustrated

EXCLUSIVE: Splash Beverage To Launch TapouT In Winn-Dixie Stores In Southeast

Splash Beverage Group Inc (NYSE: SBEV) said Winn-Dixie grocery stores would have its high-performance energy drink, TapouT, in 485 stores in southeastern states. The states include Alabama, Georgia, parts of Florida and extending into Mississippi and Louisiana.

Benzinga

Vectrus Agrees To Merge With Vertex

Vectrus Inc (NYSE:VEC) entered a definitive agreement to combine with The Vertex Company in an all-stock merger. Vertex Company is headquartered in Madison, Mississippi, and employs ~6,000 employees. Vertex is majority-owned by American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VI LP. Vertex delivers integrated turnkey lifecycle support from concept definition to engineering and manufacturing.…

Benzinga

2022 NFL Combine Results: QB, RB, WR and TE

Measurables for QB, RB, WR, and TE from the 2022 NFL Combine

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Talk about race: Mississippi House passes bill to set limits

The Republican-controlled Mississippi House has divided largely along lines of race and party in passing a bill that would limit how race can be discussed in classrooms

Tribune News Service

Florida’s 15-week abortion ban will have dramatic effects on patients and providers. Here’s what to expect

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Should a proposed 15-week abortion limit making its way through the Florida Legislature go into effect in July, Floridians can expect a dramatic fallout.

The Independent UK

Mississippi county OKs contracts for Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi county has approved contracts for a sculptor to make and install a bronze statue of Emmett Till

Los Angeles Times

Cookie-mergency: Girl Scout goodies are in short supply

LOS ANGELES — Chocolate milk in Maine. Cream cheese in New York City. Granite for headstones in Mississippi.

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How One Man Sparked An ‘Evolution And Revolution’ In Meteorology

John A. Peoples Jr. led the push to make Jackson State University a cutting-edge institution, starting with meteorology.

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Reason

A Federal Lawsuit Challenges Blatantly Unconstitutional Anti-Crime Checkpoints in Jackson, Mississippi

"You can't treat everyone like a criminal to find the criminals," an outraged driver says. In Jackson, apparently you can.

The Independent UK

Mississippi commemorates wade-ins that integrated beaches

Mississippi has unveiled a new historical marker commemorating the “wade-ins” that led to integration of its Gulf Coast beaches

The Independent UK

Mississippi police roadblocks violate rights, lawsuit says

A new class-action lawsuit says police in Mississippi’s capital city are violating people’s constitutional rights by using roadblocks in majority-Black and low-income neighborhoods to try to catch crime suspects

Reason

Anti-Crime Checkpoints in Jackson, Mississippi, Blatantly Violate the Fourth Amendment

To "get wanted individuals off the streets," police are stopping drivers without any evidence that they have broken the law.

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Upcoming candidate filing deadlines – Arkansas and Mississippi

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