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• Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session

  03-05-2024 23:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger than the budget it passed last year.The $7 billion reflects the amount spent on recurring expenses. The budget last year, including one-time funds, COVID-19 federal relief funds and other one-time money for specific projects, actually was more than the budget passed this year.The completion of the budget late Friday ended the bulk of lawmakers’ wo
  
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• The day Willie Mays made two boys from Hattiesburg feel like a million bucks

  19-06-2024 17:34 via mississippitoday.org
  
  This was the summer of 1962. We were in Texas to visit grandparents and to see our first Major League baseball game. I was 9, and brother Bobby was 8. Willie Mays, the best baseball player on the planet, was 31 and in his prime.This was before the Astrodome and the Astros. The brand new Houston expansion team, then called the Colt 45s, played their games at Colt Stadium, adjacent to where the Astrodome was being built. Our maternal grandfather – Papa we called him – worked on the he
  
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• Podcast: A U.S. Open to remember.

  19-06-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  For three rounds and 15 holes of the fourth round, Rory McIlroy made every single short putt he stood over. Then, he didn’t. And when McIlroy faltered, Bryson DeChambeau came through with one of the greatest sand saves in U.S. Open history. The Clevelands also discuss the SEC-dominated College World Series, the trials and tribulations of the Atlanta Braves and the NBA Champion Boston Celtics.Stream all episodes here.
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• Audio: Kosciusko aldermen to vote on increased food truck permit fee

  19-06-2024 16:32 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Board of Aldermen will vote on possibly increasing the fees for food trucks operating inside the city limits. During Tuesday night’s meeting, the board proposed amending the current food truck ordinance to increase the yearly fee from $250 to $550 for food trucks […]
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• Minute with the Mayor – June 19, 2024

  19-06-2024 15:49 via breezynews.com
  
  This week on Minute with the Mayor: Kosciusko Mayor Tim Kyle recaps Tuesday night’s meeting of the Kosciusko Board of Aldermen.
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• Commissioner won’t create state insurance exchange unless Gov. Reeves approves

  19-06-2024 11:16 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he does not intend to create a state exchange to offer health insurance to Mississippians unless Gov. Tate Reeves signs off on it.“We probably could operate the exchange, but I don’t think it is wise to do it without having the governor on board or at least having some of his approval to operate the exchange,” Chaney said during a recent Mississippi Today “The Other Side” podcast. “ … It is the governor’s c
  
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• Rory McIlroy reminds us: ‘If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf’

  19-06-2024 01:56 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Australian Bruce Crampton surely would be a prime contender for the dubious title of greatest golfer to never have won one of the sport’s major championships. He won 45 professional tournaments around the world, including 14 on the PGA Tour.Crampton twice won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the tour. He finished second in four of the majors, once at the Masters, once in the U.S. Open and twice in the PGA Championship. If Jack Nicklaus did not exist, Crampton would have
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Battle of Raymond

  18-06-2024 23:34 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Pearl River Resort to celebrate 30th Anniversary with concerts, promotions, and fireworks

  18-06-2024 20:33 via breezynews.com
  
  CHOCTAW, MS (June 18, 2024) – Pearl River Resort to celebrate 30 years of gaming and entertainment excellence! The South’s #1 Resort destination is pleased to invite the general public to partake in its month-long anniversary celebration. Festivities will include big-name acts, a festive Fourth […]
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• Dolph’s Nail Salon & Spa is a dream born from heartbreak

  18-06-2024 18:50 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mary Moss was certain she was going to die. “I felt it deep inside, nagging. It wouldn’t let go,” said Moss, while tidying up after finishing a client’s nails at Dolph’s Nail Salon & Spa, located at 1041 Lake Village Circle in Brandon.
  “I’m a 20-year respiratory therapist and I have great care for my patients. When COVID hit, I fell into a deep, deep depression. I just knew I would contract this disease and die because of it. So much
  
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• Town of McCool Independence Day celebration planned for June 29

  18-06-2024 17:25 via breezynews.com
  
  The Town of McCool is holding an Independence Day Celebration Saturday, June 29 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The day will include food trucks, vendors, and fireworks. The cost for a vendor booth is $15. Contact Gay Fancher at 601-416-8721 or email [email protected] for […]
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• Pandemic is just one factor in chronic absenteeism

  18-06-2024 16:44 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Post-pandemic absenteeism is declining in Mississippi schools, but kids are still missing more school than the pre-COVID days. At many schools, more than a third of all students are missing 18 days a year or more. Nationwide, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to mark the point when absenteeism rates in public schools went from bad to worse. The numbers tell the same story in Mississippi. Though the pandemic is a causal factor, educators identified a myriad of reasons — from anxiety to
  
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• Hinds County approves Raymond solar farm

  17-06-2024 23:12 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Outside of the Hinds County Chancery Court building Monday morning, Raymond residents opposing a solar farm development walked up and down the sidewalk with signs saying “Say No To Big Solar.” Inside the building, the Board of Supervisors voted to approve the project.A few dozen of the residents against the solar farm made it inside the board’s meeting room, most of them wearing green shirts that said “Not in my backyard #NIMBY.” Many of the same faces at Monday&rs
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Summer Blues

  17-06-2024 21:41 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Teen moms from wealthier backgrounds may face greater ‘opportunity costs’ than low-income teen moms, study finds 

  17-06-2024 20:23 via mississippitoday.org
  
  It’s well known that Mississippi teens give birth at one of the highest rates in the nation. But how does this affect the lives of adolescent mothers? A recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at how, statistically, teen motherhood may not be a universally negative life event. Rather, teenage mothers from more privileged backgrounds face a greater “opportunity cost,” which is the loss of potential economic gain, compared to their less-advantages p
  
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• Carthage native Victoria Vivians joins MS State women’s basketball staff

  17-06-2024 19:50 via breezynews.com
  
  STARKVILLE– Mississippi State head women’s basketball coach Sam Purcell finalized his staff ahead of the 2024-25 season with the addition of Bulldog great Victoria Vivians in an Assistant Coach/Director of Scouting role on Monday. Currently playing for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, Vivians will join the program […]
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• Update: Attala County and City of Kosciusko offices to be closed July 5

  17-06-2024 19:09 via breezynews.com
  
  Update: The Attala County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to for all Attala County offices to be closed Friday, July 5. June 13: City of Kosciusko offices will be closed Friday, July 5. That decision comes after Gov. Tate Reeves issued a proclamation stating all […]
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• Abortions illegal in Mississippi despite Supreme Court ruling ensuring medication access

  17-06-2024 18:21 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Despite a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court ensuring the availability of the abortion medication mifepristone, most abortions will remain illegal in Mississippi.The nation’s highest court in a unanimous decision struck down a lawsuit attempting to limit availability of mifepristone, which is widely used to induce abortions. But use of the drug remains illegal in Mississippi and 13 other states that have near total bans on abortion.“Unfortunately abortion remains illegal in Mis
  
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• Tech company trade group seeks to block state’s new internet safety act

  17-06-2024 16:43 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A trade association with members like Google and X filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new bipartisan internet safety law.The Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, or House Bill 1126, requires social media services to verify the ages of their users and bans digitally-produced or modified images of child pornography. The bill is named after Walker Montgomery, a Starkville teen who took his own life after being the victim of a sextortion scheme.Under the new law, minors
  
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• Podcast: Insurance Commissioner Chaney says creating state health insurance exchange is a win-win

  17-06-2024 13:30 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender interview Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney about the impact of legislation allowing him to create a state exchange where Mississippians can sign up for health insurance instead of doing so on a federal exchange. Chaney said the new exchange would be a positive for the about 250,000 Mississippians on the federal exchange. But Chaney says he will not attempt to create the state exchange unless Gov. Tate Reeves signs off on it.
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• Truck Catches Fire at Airport

  16-06-2024 15:31 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A truck caught fire at the Attala County Airport Saturday afternoon. That fire spread to the grass. The call was dispatched just before 2:30 p.m. Central Fire sent a truck and helped put out both fires, No structures were in danger and the fire […]
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• Man Hit By Car, Runs Off Before Medics Get There

  16-06-2024 15:31 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A man was hit by a car on Atkinson St. in Kosciusko just after 2 a.m. Saturday. Shortly after the initial call it was determined that a woman had hit the man with her care and an ambulance was dispatched. Before the ambulance could […]
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• Two-Car Wreck Reported on Hwy. 19

  16-06-2024 14:54 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A two-car wreck with injuries was reported Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. om Hwy. 19 south near the Crossroads Store. Attala County deputies and an ambiance were sent out. The extent of the injuries was unclear. The wreck was cleared up shortly after 7 […]
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• Missing 14-Year-Old Girl Found, Leads to Incident

  16-06-2024 14:54 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A 14-year-old girl was reported missing early Friday evening. By 9:30 p.m. she was reported found by her father. But, he was having further trouble with her that led him to call police. Attala County deputies were dispatched to Hwy. 12 just east of […]
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• Will Gov. Tate Reeves have to flip position on Medicaid expansion to keep pace with Trump?

  16-06-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Republican Gov. Tate Reeves may have to do a flipflop on Medicaid expansion to remain in sync with former President Donald Trump, his political hero.Reeves has proudly hitched his political wagon to Trump, who endorsed both of his successful gubernatorial campaigns. Nowhere has Reeves strived to be more hand-in-glove with the former president than on the issue of opposing the Affordable Care Act, better known by some as Obamacare.As Reeves has argued against Mississippi expanding Medicaid as is
  
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• Update – Name Released: Juvenile Fatality in Attala County

  15-06-2024 16:19 via breezynews.com
  
  Update: The child involved in this shooting incident has been identified as 2-year-old Isaiah Taylor of Attala County. Coroner Sam Bell tells Breezy News it appears that an accidental firearm discharge is the cause of death. More details may be released by the Attala County […]
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• Juvenile Fatality in Attala County

  15-06-2024 04:56 via breezynews.com
  
  Breezy News has learned of an incident that resulted in the death of a juvenile that occurred at approximately 7 pm today, June 14, 2024. The Attala County Sheriff’s Office is in charge of the investigation. Details of the incident have not been released at […]
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• Hot and Humid This Weekend

  15-06-2024 03:10 via breezynews.com
  
  Take it easy when you’re outdoors this weekend.   The National Weather Service is forecasting high temperatures in the upper 90s in the local area Saturday and Sunday with a heat index as high as 105.
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• Dau Mabil’s widow, her family say they seek justice for him

  15-06-2024 00:53 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Karissa Bowley and her family say they support all efforts to find justice for the late Dau Mabil, one of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan who came to Jackson in 2000 despite implications by others to the contrary. “Dau was special before he ever married me,” his widow told reporters in a Friday press conference. “I’m just here, missing him.”Mabil, a 33-year-old Belhaven Heights resident, disappeared March 25. He was seen on video surveillance on Jefferson
  
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• Gwen Dilworth joins health team at Mississippi Today

  14-06-2024 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Gwen Dilworth is a Community Health reporter at Mississippi Today. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  Mississippi Today is pleased to announce that Gwen Dilworth has joined the community health team at Mississippi Today.Dilworth is a native of Durham, North Carolina, and most recently completed a fellowship at The Times-Independent in Moab, Utah, where she covered local government and Southeast Utah’s mining industry. Before that, she worked at Innocence Project New Orleans where sh
  
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