Health
Trump administration cuts teen pregnancy prevention efforts in Miss.
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Loss of federal funds will reduce scope and duration of education efforts
Summer Student Spotlight: Into the wild for the cure to cancer
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Cellas Hayes hunts mushrooms in Poland’s Bialowieza Forest
Money
Political, business leaders fight union effort by touting benefits of auto industry
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Nissan Canton workers will vote Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 on whether to join the United Auto Workers
With latest resignation, JPS board can no longer conduct business
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JPS board president resigns, rendering the board unable to conduct business or hold meetings
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Paul Davis takes a ‘Mississippi River’ cruise and lands on The Playlist
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Up next: Muddy Waters, Brandy, Paramore and Charlie Worsham
Sports
Rebels’ Reed faces tough medical fight
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One of the toughest Rebel roundballers ever is in the fight of his life with cancer in his spine
Sports
At 73 and still active, Hill Denson chosen for national baseball coaches Hall of Fame
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Belhaven’s coach and USM’s former coach, Denson’s fun-loving outlook on baseball and life has kept him fresh through the years.
Wright to Congress: Miss. plan helps students ‘go directly into the workforce’
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Wright’s testimony focused on career and technical education, supporting lowest-performing students
Environmentalists warn that federal cuts could trickle to states
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A former EPA official from Mississippi believes proposed federal cuts could hurt air-pollution programs in the state
A building is demolished and a neighborhood rebuilt
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Revitalize Mississippi, secretary of state’s office mend fences and take on urban blight
Nissan union election date set
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The automaker does not believe that UAW representation is in the best interest of its Mississippi workers
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JSU professor tells students: ‘Google me … witness what I do’
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When Yohance Myles isn’t in the classroom, he’s acting in movies and on TV.
Despite declining enrollment, Bynum sees turnaround for JSU
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New president William Bynum met the press to explain his plans for improving the university
Endowment chairwoman reviews state of the arts in Mississippi
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Jane Chu, chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will visit organizations in Jackson, Oxford, Clarksdale and Indianola.
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Lawmakers didn’t think law would legalize sports betting
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Lawmakers didn’t consider that federal ban on sports gamblng outside Nevada might change
State Ed Dept. proposes new high school diploma options
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Change to new diploma criteria could begin with freshman class of 2018-19