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The state's defined benefit pension system got a massive boost from the stock market in fiscal 2020.

Preliminary data shows PERS had massive 30 percent investment returns in fiscal 2020

According to preliminary data, the state's defined benefit pension system had its second-best year in investment income, a boost that . . .

Dent recognized as Patriot League Honor Roll Athlete

Andrew Knox Dent, grandson of Robert Bailey and the late Amanda Bailey of Yazoo City and son of Richard Dent . . .

M-Pact event benefits Yazoo community

The Yazoo-based Xi Kappa Kappa Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the locally-owned and operated CMG Barber Shop held . . .

A photo of the 2019 south Delta flooding, courtesy of the Forgotten Backwater Flood Project.

Thompson Talks Yazoo Pumps Project

With all of the disagreement in Washington today, there’s one high-dollar project the entire Mississippi delegation seems to be in . . .

Bennie Thompson Sounds Off on State's Vaccination Efforts

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson has been outspoken for weeks over his disappointment in state officials apparently not taking full advantage . . .

Attorney General Lynn Fitch Files Brief in Dobbs v. JWHO
By Press Release - Attorney General Lynn Fitch, 178 Reads
Fri, 07/23/2021 - 03:30 PM
Below is a press release from Attorney General Lynn Fitch:
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Insurrection investigation: Full opening statement from Congressman Bennie Thompson
By Mississippi Today, 171 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 12:00 PM
Editor’s note: On July 27, Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson convened the House select committee that was formed to investigate the causes of the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Below is his full opening statement.
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Annalyn Swan is an official panelist in this year’s Mississippi Book Festival on Aug. 21. Photo courtesy Annalyn Swan.

‘The more quirky and eccentric the person, the better’: How Annalyn Swan fell in love with biographical writing
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 82 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:24 AM
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Voters filled every available space inside the community room of The Mark Apartments in Ridgeland. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Mississippi does not have to change law to make voting hard. It already is.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 185 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:48 AM
Below is a political opinion column from Bobby Harrison:

States like Texas, Georgia and Florida that have been in the national news recently for efforts that many say will make it more difficult for their citizens to vote still have a long way to go to catch Mississippi.
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History Is Lunch: Susannah Ural, "The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project"
By Press Release - Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 83 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 11:42 AM
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Archives & History:

On July 21, 2021, Susannah J. Ural presented "The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project" as part of the History Is Lunch series.
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Ole Miss football great Patrick Willis will go into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Saturday. Credit: Ole Miss Athletics

Miss. Sports Hall of Fame approaches biggest night in its 60-year history
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 266 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:06 PM
Sixty years into its existence, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this week prepares for the biggest weekend in its history. That’s no exaggeration.
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Moderna expanding kids vaccine study to better assess safety
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press, 27 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 03:53 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moderna said Monday it plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side effects, such as a type of heart inflammation recently flagged by U.S. health authorities.
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SEC takeover: Expansion would just mean more power, wealth
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer, 69 Reads
Sun, 07/25/2021 - 02:55 PM
Barring a dramatic change of direction, Texas and Oklahoma are moving toward taking the Red River Rivalry to the Southeastern Conference in a seismic shift that will have repercussions in college sports from coast to coast.
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Rental assistance not getting out
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Thu, 07/22/2021 - 09:24 PM
The oodles of money thrown by the federal government over the past year and a half at virtually every enterprise and adult in this country has avoided an economic meltdown, although what all this borrowing means for the future is still to be determined.
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Interim police chief hopes to grow department while strengthening relationships with the community
By Jamie Patterson, 341 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 02:39 PM
Joseph Head, longtime chief deputy of the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department, has been named interim chief of the Yazoo City Police Department.
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