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A second straight year of flooding is threatening another year of crops for Mississippi farmers
The southern Mississippi Delta region, one of the poorest in the US, still hasn't recovered from 20…
Nathan Willis,Barbara Corbell…
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Mississippi governor signs bill to remove Confederate imagery from the state flag
Mississippi was the last US state to feature Confederate imagery in its flag, and its removal follo…
Rosie Perper
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic asks state Supreme Court to let it to reopen, citing previous ruling
The Mississippi Supreme Court previously ruled that abortion was a guaranteed right in the state co…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi's hospital system could fail in the next 2 weeks if the COVID-19 surge there doesn't slow down, doctor warns
"Within the next five to seven to 10 says, I think we're going to see failure of the hospital syste…
Natalie Musumeci
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Hurricane Ida is so powerful it made the Mississippi River flow backwards
Although Hurricane Katrina also reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, the phenomenon is extre…
Morgan Keith
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A Mississippi lawmaker mistakenly says he wants the state to 'succeed from the union' after Biden's election win
State Rep. Price Wallace has since deleted the tweet in which he called for Mississippi to secede.
Kelly McLaughlin
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Mississippi's governor says he'll sign a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag
Mississippi lawmakers are moving forward with a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from the stat…
Michelle Mark
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If Mississippi were a country, it'd have reported the world's 2nd-most COVID-19 deaths per capita, but Gov. Tate Reeves won't say how he plans to fix it
Roughly one out of every 320 Mississippians is known to have died from COVID-19, the highest rate i…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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7 children admitted to ICU's in low-vax Mississippi after coming down with severe cases of COVID-19
Mississippi has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, with roughly only a third of the popula…
Sophia Ankel
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Mississippi banned most abortions to be the 'safest state' for the unborn. Meanwhile, one in three Mississippi kids live in poverty
Mississippi will defend its abortion ban before the Supreme Court on December 1. Back home, one in …
Sarah Fowler
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Mississippi gov. says Biden's vaccine mandate is an 'attack' on 'hard-working Americans' while the state has the highest per-capita death rate
"I'm saying to you, your way's not working," CNN's Jake Tapper said to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves…
Connor Perrett
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Man uses truck to repeatedly block entrance to Mississippi's only abortion clinic as tensions run high after Roe v. Wade ruling
The Jackson Women's Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, has vowed to rema…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in upcoming abortion case
The legal brief by the state of Mississippi makes an explicit argument to throw out Roe v. Wade, th…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Mississippi orders everyone who's tested positive for COVID-19 to isolate at home as cases continue to surge
With just 36.6% of residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, Mississippi has the second-l…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Mississippi's only abortion clinic says it will keep providing abortions for at least 10 more days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade
Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women's Health Clinic, said she plans to open clinics in other p…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Mississippi nurse said she quit her job in the ICU because she doesn't 'have any strength left' after seeing her hospital overwhelmed amid low vaccination rates
"I've seen more death than I thought I would see in my entire life," Jen Sartin, an ICU nurse in Mi…
Taylor Ardrey
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Mississippi lawmaker asked about a hypothetical 12-year-old child molested by a family member says they should have to carry that pregnancy to term
Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban that led to Roe v. Wade's reversal does not include an exception…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The University of Southern Mississippi is paying tuition and housing for some vaccinated students to encourage them to get the shot
Mississippi has one of the country's lowest vaccination rates and is experiencing a COVID-19 surge …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Live results: 2 Mississippi GOP representatives are in tighter than expected primary races, and one is headed to a runoff
In each of Mississippi's four congressional districts, the incumbent representatives face intrapart…
Madison Hall,John L. Dorman
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Mississippi bans young transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams
The Mississippi Senate voted this week to ban transgender athletes from competing on female teams i…