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Katie Studdard poses for a photo with her daughter, Elyse Lynn McDill, in Columbus, Miss., Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A bill to correct an outdated law barring in vitro fertilization children from next of kin inheritance passed both chambers Wednesday afternoon and now heads to the governor to be signed into law.
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Attorney Cliff Johnson (center) presents his case before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The Mississippi Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling found that Parents for Public Schools does not have legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state Legislature sending public money to private schools.
The opinion, released Thursday, did not address the issue of whether the $10 million appropriation made in 2022 by the Legislature to private schools was constitutional.
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Protesters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford on May 2, 2024, joined the chorus of demonstrators at college campuses across the country calling for their administrations to divest any interest in businesses working with Israel in response to the nearly 35,000 Palestinian deaths in Israel's response to the deadly Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Molly Minta/Mississippi Today
Police disbanded a pro-Palestinian student protest at the University of Mississippi less than an hour after it officially started when counter-protesters threw a water bottle and other items at the protest, prompting the protesters to respond in kind with water.
When police removed the pro-Palestinian students from the Quad, a grassy area behind the library, the largely white male students roared.
“Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, good bye,” the counter-protesters chanted.
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Members of the House of Representatives listen to songwriter and singer Steve Azar sing, "One Mississippi", during the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
An effort in the Mississippi Legislature to accept billions of dollars in federal money to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor – a policy which medical experts, clergy and business leaders advocated – was expected to die on a Thursday night deadline, according to House leaders.
House Medicaid Chair Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, told reporters that she delivered a proposal to Senate negotiators on Thursday morning that would have allowed voters to have the final say on a statewide referendum in November whether the state should expand Medicaid.
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Senator Wiggins told members on the Senate floor that the House chose not to do anything this year regarding judicial redistricting.
Despite attempts to stay ahead of the deadline, this year’s judicial redistricting proposal (SB 2771) did not make it past the conference deadline during the 2024 legislative session.
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Leaders of the Mississippi Democratic Party has denied allegations that former party Chairman Tyree Irving filed in a September lawsuit and asked a judge to dismiss his complaint.
Irving, a former appeals court judge, sued the Democratic Party in September claiming he was improperly ousted in July after 46 members of the party’s 80-member executive committee voted to remove him.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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The bonding company acting as guarantor for three former Indianola aldermen has agreed to pay nearly $44,000 owed to the city for a 2023 improper payout to a local contractor.
State Auditor Shad White’s office confirmed to The Enterprise-Tocsin this week that it has received a check from Western Surety Bonding Co. in the amount of $43,600. This payment will make the city whole and will likely end a two-and-a-half-year saga that dominated the final two years of the last board’s term.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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The pace of modern life is so packed and structured, sometimes it’s great to have an open afternoon with nothing planned.
That’s how it was last Friday when, out of the blue, I got a text from my long-time friend Scott Coopwood from Cleveland.
“Headed to Jackson for Morgan Freeman’s Blues symphonic deal tonight. Do you have any interest in joining us? I’ve got two extra VIP tickets.” A quick call to Ginny and we were in.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Editor's Note: This story appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Leflore Illustrated. It is being republished on our website today, as Carroll Academy graduate Chrissi Papworth was on the crew that helped build the Artemis that will launch Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. central time.
Chrissi Papworth says she didn’t follow the usual path to her current job working with NASA as an aerothermodynamics analyst, but she’s pleased with how things turned out.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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Lawmakers also look to provide funding for income verification contracts to help keep SNAP error rates low as higher rates will cost the state millions.
The budget for the Mississippi Department of Human Services was set this week, with legislators agreeing on roughly $94.6 million in state funding for the state agency.
The total budget for the department under the conference report filed for HB 1909, including federal and other funding, totals $1.6 billion.
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A federal judge ruled last year that Mississippi’s Supreme Court districts violated the Voting Rights Act. Instead of redrawing the districts, lawmakers will wait and see what comes of an appeal and a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mississippi lawmakers will not take up redistricting of the state’s Supreme Court districts, choosing instead to wait and see what comes of an appeal as well as how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case involving the Voting Rights Act.
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Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area kicked off their 40th anniversary year by celebrating its donors, volunteers and homeowners with an appreciation luncheon at First Baptist Church of Jackson.
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Ballet Mississippi recently hosted Ballet and Blues 2026, the organization’s premier annual fundraising event, at The Plant Venue. The event honored 62 years of Ballet Mississippi’s impact on the cultural life in Mississippi, through performances, professional training for young dancers, and a commitment to education, outreach, and audience development.
Proceeds from the event directly support Ballet Mississippi’s dancers, productions, and mission-driven programming. Attending the event were (from left) Ann Marie Duvall, Mila Lipinski, and Roy Decker.
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Ballet Mississippi recently hosted Ballet and Blues 2026, the organization’s premier annual fundraising event, at The Plant Venue. The event honored 62 years of Ballet Mississippi’s impact on the cultural life in Mississippi, through performances, professional training for young dancers, and a commitment to education, outreach, and audience development.
Proceeds from the event directly support Ballet Mississippi’s dancers, productions, and mission-driven programming. Attending the event were (from left) Jimbo and Britney Moss, Libba Wilkes, Alexandra and David Long.
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