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The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

GOP blamed for Mississippi water crisis

Jackson, a majority-Black city, has been "without clean, drinkable water" for weeks

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Mississippi will tax forgiven student debt in a departure from other states

Several states are moving ahead to exempt residents from being taxed on forgiven student loan debt under President Joe Biden’s relief plan, while Mississippi has decided against the exemption.

Tribune News Service

Storms blamed for 3 deaths, water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

US storm deaths include a 14-year-old electrocuted in Michigan and an 11-year-old swept into a drain in Arkansas.

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Mississippi’s capital is officially out of safe water

In Jackson, officials are warning there is no “water to fight fires, to flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.”

Mic

Flooding exacerbates water crisis in Mississippi capital

In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university is using temporary restrooms for students and people who do have water are boiling it to wash dishes

The Independent UK

Parts of Mississippi's capital remain without running water

Flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in a water-treatment plant in Jackson, Miss. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.

WEKU

Mississippi flood prompts National Guard deployment, schools move online

Weekend flooding has worsened Jackson's existing water crisis.

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Mississippi State vs Memphis Prediction, Game Preview

Mississippi State vs Memphis game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 1 game on Thursday, September 1

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Mississippi residents brace for flood as river reaches crest

Residents in and around Mississippi's capital city were bracing for possible flooding as the Pearl River is expected to crest

The Independent UK

Residents of Mississippi's capital prepare for flooding

Some Jackson residents are moving belongings out of their homes while others are stocking up on sandbags in anticipation of the Pearl River flooding Mississippi’s capital city

The Independent UK

Mississippi governor declares state of emergency ahead of massive flooding

Flood stage considered ‘major’ at 26ft, but warning estimate floods to reach 34ft in some areas, while others could see 35.8ft of water

The Guardian - US

Inside the survival story of a Mississippi store fighting high inflation

The Simmons-Wright Company has survived over 100 years by learning to adapt when confronted with every economic challenge that has come its way. Its latest battle? High inflation.

WEKU

Mississippi Jim Crow-era voting law upheld by appeals court

A U.S. appeals court upheld Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law that was written to stop Black people from voting.

Tribune News Service

Mississippi residents are preparing for possible river flooding

Experts predict the Pearl River near Jackson will crest by Tuesday. Emergency officials are telling people in low-lying areas to prepare for flooding of homes and businesses.

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Mississippi residents prepare for possible river flooding

People in and around Mississippi's capital city are being told to prepare for flooding of the Pearl River

The Guardian - US

Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony voting law is constitutional, federal court rules

Law passed in 1890 was tailored ‘to exclude the Negro’ but appeals court says tweaks in 20th century ‘cleansed … discriminatory taint’

The Independent UK

Federal appeals court upholds Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law ‘steeped in racism’

Faced with an opportunity to ‘right a 130-year-old wrong’, a federal appeals court upholds language drafted to ‘secure permanent white rule’ in the state

The Independent UK

Flash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot

Law enforcement officers in central Mississippi carried toddlers out of a flooded day care center after storms dumped rain that caused creeks to overflow

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The Independent UK

Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting

A conservative federal appeals court has upheld Mississippi's removal of voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies

The Independent UK

Heavy rain causing flooding, evacuations in Mississippi

Heavy rain and flash flooding are prompting evacuations, rescue operations and closures across Mississippi

WEKU

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.

Chicago Sun-Times

R&B Hall of Fame headed to Mississippi town

The project is the culmination of a 50-year effort to build a hall of fame for R&B musicians such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.

The Independent UK

R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town

The National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to the small Mississippi Delta town of Marks

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a roads scholar!’ Marty Stuart’s five decades at the country university

Since joining his first band aged 12, Stuart has played with the likes of Johnny Cash and the Byrds and is now building a country music museum. He explains the roots of his lifelong passion

The Independent UK

Man admits faking death to avoid sex abuse charges

A military veteran has pleaded guilty to faking his own death off the coast of Alabama to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi

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