Last week, a search team that includes Till family members discovered the original, unserved arrest warrant for the only living accomplice to Till’s death.
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Hearing set in Mississippi lawsuit trying to prevent abortion ban
Chancellor Debbra Halford of Franklin County in the 4th District was appointed by Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph.
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With no deal reached between UMMC, Blue Cross, Chaney announces network adequacy review of insurer
The insurance commissioner describes both parties as “unreasonable” and has announced his department will conduct a review to determine whether Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is complying with the state’s network adequacy regulations.
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U.S. Labor Secretary assures Black Delta workers his office will combat racist hiring practices used by white farmers
Marty Walsh told Black farm workers his office would combat racist wage and hiring practices by white farm owners during his visit to the Mississippi Delta.
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Longtime administrator Joe Paul to serve as Southern Miss interim president
Southern Miss President Rodney Bennett announced in January he was stepping down before the termination of his current contract.
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Data Dive: Same-sex parents in Mississippi
More than a quarter of same-sex couples in Mississippi are raising kids, which is higher than the national rate of 17.2%. View the data.
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For very sick Mississippi children, Blue Cross-UMMC dispute reaches breaking point
Sick Mississippi children who have been continuing to receive care at in-network rates must now pay large medical bills or get their care out of state.
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Report ranks Mississippi last in the nation for health system performance during pandemic
A report from the Commonwealth Fund also saw Mississippi had the highest number of excess deaths during a two-year period from 2020 to 2022.
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‘I have never been so beat down’: As the clock ticks on legal abortion, tensions rise outside the state’s only clinic
Tensions outside the state’s only abortion clinic are high as the day the trigger law banning the procedure in most cases gets closer.
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Arrest warrant for woman who accused Emmett Till found nearly 67 years later in courthouse basement
An unserved arrest warrant in the lynching case of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago has been found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse.
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FAQ: Abortion in Mississippi post-Roe v. Wade
Mississippi Today has compiled answers to relevant questions about abortion in the state after Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
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‘It doesn’t look good’: At 3-year mark, more questions than answers in Mississippi welfare fraud scandal
At the three-year mark since state investigators looked into welfare misspending, there remain as many questions as answers.
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Exploited: White Delta farm owners are underpaying and pushing out Black workers
A Mississippi Today investigation found at least five Delta farms paid their primarily Black local workforce less than temporary workers from other countries.
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How we reported the story: White Delta farm owners underpay, push out Black workers
Mississippi Today reporter Sara DiNatale spent eight months investigating the state of the farming workforce in the Delta.