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WEB2 days ago · Mississippi Today is a part of the Deep South Today network of nonprofit newsrooms. We believe that an informed Mississippi is a better Mississippi. We center readers in everything we do, informing--and engaging--Mississippians through reporting, podcasts, events and online communities.
Mississippi Indian heritage, once nearly erased, reclaims relevance
WEBNov 11, 2017 · The Chickasaws, pressured to cede their land to the U.S. government and move west across the Mississippi River in the 1830s, still claim the Tupelo region as their homeland. Almost two centuries ago, nearly 40,000 Chickasaws lived in the area. And their descendants are proud of it. Today, tribe members ride …
'Nothing short of a miracle:' How rural hospitals are working …
WEBNov 18, 2021 · While Stribling’s experience is a worst case scenario, it’s not uncommon for rural Mississippians to lack accessible healthcare. Six rural hospitals in Mississippi have closed since 2014, and according to a 2020 study by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, 64% of Mississippi’s remaining rural hospitals are at high risk of closing.. The heart of rural hospitals’ financial troubles is ...
Ida bears down on Mississippi after slamming Louisiana
WEBAug 30, 2021 · More than 100,000 Mississippians were without power Monday at 5 a.m. after the storm affected south Mississippi and Louisiana, and widespread power outages were expected as the center of the storm — where the highest winds and heaviest rains are located — takes aim for central and north Mississippi. “Damaging winds, especially in gusts ...
Struggling renters in Mississippi can now apply for assistance
WEBMar 29, 2021 · Mississippi is now accepting applications to help struggling renters, three months after then-President Donald Trump signed a massive COVID-19 stimulus bill, including $25 billion for rental assistance. On Monday, the same day the state opened the program, President Joe Biden’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
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WEBMississippi Today is a part of the Deep South Today network of nonprofit newsrooms. We believe that an informed Mississippi is a better Mississippi. We center readers in everything we do, informing--and engaging--Mississippians through reporting, podcasts, events and online communities.
Photos: Historic rainfall floods homes across north Mississippi
WEBJun 11, 2021 · Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today. 1 / 16. Several days of heavy rainfall fell over the Delta and parts of north and central Mississippi, breaching multiple levees, flooding homes and businesses, drowning crops and washing out roads. Parts of Mississippi received up to seven inches of rain per day …
House passes bill to increase money for private schools, but can't …
WEBMar 26, 2024 · The House, with one dissenting vote, passed legislation Tuesday that would continue to provide Mississippi private schools millions of dollars from state tax credits to educate foster children and students with a chronic illness or a disability, though the author of the bill could not say how many of those children are actually being educated.
Mississippi has a workforce problem. New state agency Accelerate ...
WEBJul 29, 2021 · Mississippi may spend $350 million a year in state and federal funds on workforce development and job training, but that money is spread across a dozen agencies and within even more separate programs. Progress, or the lack thereof, has been difficult to track, stunting the state in its efforts to grow the number of …