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House guts Senate medical marijuana bill, inserts Initiative 65 language

A House panel on Tuesday gutted a Senate medical marijuana proposal and inserted the medical marijuana language voters passed as a constitutional amendment in November. “I’m interested in seeing that bill die

March 7, 2021

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Lawmakers will work via internet as COVID-19 spreads at the Capitol

House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, said Thursday that the House will start meeting online as COVID-19 spreads at the Capitol, but he expressed no interest in recessing the legislative session as a

January 25, 2021

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Almost two weeks without mask mandate, COVID-19 indicators trend in “wrong direction”

The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi is now at 646, a 24% rise in the last week alone, and a 25% increase since Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the statewide

October 14, 2020

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A UM professor skipped work to protest racial inequality. State auditor says he should be fired.

State Auditor Shad White said this week the University of Mississippi should fire JT Thomas, a sociology professor who participated in a two-day “work stoppage” last week. Thomas, an outspoken professor who

September 21, 2020

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Lawmaker aims to limit governor’s IHL appointment power

Adam Ganacheau Mississippi Today Rep. Trey Lamar wants to amend the Mississippi Constitution to limit the governor’s power to appointInstitutions of Higher Learning trustees— a response to a controversial chancellor search the

February 25, 2020

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Athletics, UM Foundation, Alumni Association support monument relocation

Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today The University of Mississippi’s top fundraisers, including the current athletics director, back the university’s proposal to move its Confederate monument. Keith Carter, who formerly headed the athletics foundation

January 30, 2020

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Inside the politically charged chancellor search

Members of the Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees gathered at Old Waverly, a high-end private golf club in West Point, in mid-September for their annual retreat. The 12-member IHL board,

September 29, 2019

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