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Mississippi lawmakers are moving to authorize their own spending of nearly $60 million in opioid settlement funds, sidestepping the state’s advisory council tasked with overseeing the money.
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Lawmakers finalized most of the state’s $7.36 billion general fund budget Sunday and said they plan to finish the 2026 legislative session by the end of the week, though a few agency budgets remain pending.
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Lawmakers in Mississippi moved quickly this week on a $7.4 billion budget and other measures, while images of spring parades and cherry blossoms remind us that civic life and Christian discipleship belong together.
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said it met members of the public and displayed its vehicles at a Touch-a-Truck event, the agency said in a social media post.
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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. — Two brothers were shot and killed early Sunday morning during an after-prom gathering in the Blue
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation said it is celebrating its 110th anniversary and highlighted more than a century of work building and maintaining the state’s roads.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Americans to “take a knee and pray to Jesus” for U.S. forces and later read a sermon that prayed that “wicked souls” be “delivered to the eternal damnation,” he said during a briefing last week.
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Above-normal temperatures are forecast, with increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday night through next weekend, the National Weather Service says.
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An Indiana company said it wants to start making children’s bicycles in the United States and is urging the Trump administration to use tariffs to support the effort.
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The mother of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman vowed to “fight for justice” at a vigil in New York after officials said an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant shot and killed the Loyola University Chicago freshman on March 19, authorities said. The suspect appeared in court Friday and faces multiple charges, according to FOX 32 Chicago.
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A discharge petition that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for migrants from Haiti reached the necessary signatures Friday, sponsors said. Rep. Marie Gleusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signer.
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The New York Times and The Washington Post report that FBI Director Kash Patel is seeking to make public files tied to an investigation of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s contacts with a suspected Chinese spy.
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Vice President JD Vance expressed a strong interest in UFOs, saying he aims to uncover the truth before leaving office. He also referred to aliens as ‘demons.’
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ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith said there is “no excuse” for biological men competing against biological girls in sports, comments he made on Real Time with Bill Maher and reiterated in other interviews, Fox News reported.
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Illinois men’s basketball team reached the Final Four for the first time since 2005 after defeating Iowa 71-59 in a game interrupted by a buzzer malfunction.
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In an editor’s note, Kevin Edwards of the Mississippi Free Press said Evan Turnage deserves credit for mounting a long-shot challenge to U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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Lakesha Newsom was attacked by dogs on March 3 while walking on Highway 178 and died in a hospital Friday morning, the Holly Springs Police Department and the coroner’s office said.
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WJTV 12 News reported Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade and Festival will be held downtown March 28, 2026, with Mayor John Horhn serving as grand marshal and a “Stars, Stripes & Shamrocks” theme.
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A wildfire in Carroll County, Mississippi, has burned about 3,000 acres and is 40 percent contained, Gov. Tate Reeves said. No injuries have been reported, and state and local crews are working to contain the blaze, WJTV reported.
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A wildfire in Carroll County has burned 3,000 acres and is only 40% contained, prompting evacuations and emergency response efforts.
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