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The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

We covered elections in seven states on Tuesday, including statewide primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and New Mexico.

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Teachers Don’t Want Guns in Their Classrooms

In 1997, Joel Myrick, then an assistant principal at a Mississippi high school, used his personal pistol, which he kept in his truck, to stop a 16-year-old school shooter with a rifle. Even Myrick—one of the extremely rare cases of an armed teacher intervening in a school shooting—says that arming…

Texas Observer

MGM Resorts Sells Gold Strike Tunica Operations For $450M

MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) has decided to sell the operations of Gold Strike Tunica to Cherokee Nation Entertainment Gaming Holdings LLC (CNE), a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, for $450 million in cash. The company expects net cash proceeds after taxes and estimated fees to be about $350 million. For the twelve months…

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UGA football offers top Mississippi recruit

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to defensive line recruit Kamarion Franklin, who is the best recruit in Mississippi

USA Today Sports Media Group

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 26 (June 9, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition

Ballotpedia

GOP incumbents on defense, and other takeaways from primaries - Roll Call

Tuesday's primaries saw some Republicans attacked as not being loyal enough to Donald Trump, but, overall, parties got matchups they wanted.

Roll Call

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the University of Tennessee and enlisted in the Air Force. As she finished training to be an analyst, she got pregnant despite being on birth control.

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2022 Midterms: Seven state primaries shape US legislative races

Voters went to the polls in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota primaries.

Al Jazeera

Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson says the U.S. came close to losing democracy

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

WEKU

Seven questions about Tuesday's primaries in seven states - Roll Call

Nominees will be picked in primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota

Roll Call

Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit

Dr. Thomas Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States

The Independent UK

Bowman Expands In Gulf Coast Through Fabre Engineering Acquisition - Read More For Details

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd (NASDAQ:BWMN) has purchased Fabre Engineering, Inc., a provider of civil engineering and land surveying in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering was founded in 1981 by Frank Fabre. It specializes in water, stormwater, wastewater solutions, airports, land use planning for private developers…

Benzinga

Mississippi school gives "Monkey Award"

An elementary school in Batesville, Mississippi is under investigation for racism

Salon

Mississippi Medical Marijuana Application Requests Start Now, Huge Deal For Magnolia State

It may not seem like a big deal to the millions of Americans living in legal cannabis states, but Wednesday is huge for medical marijuana supporters in Mississippi. June 1 is the first day for medical marijuana patients to submit their applications for a card in the Magnolia State. Businesses will also be able to…

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Most people support abortion staying legal, but that may not matter in making law

The Supreme Court is set to soon rule on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case, nearly one month after a leaked draft majority opinion showed the court might uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Ballotpedia

Marijuana legalization initiative qualifies for the South Dakota ballot

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 31, Brew.

The Independent UK

‘In some cases women are going to die’: Pink House Defenders fight to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic

If Roe is scrapped, women in Mississippi will have to travel 1,000 miles to New Mexico for help, writes Andrew Buncombe in Jackson

Benzinga

Abortion Pills - The Next Battleground In USA

The United States Supreme Court has not yet released its judgment, limiting abortion rights significantly.

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All Hands On Wreck: Boaters Flee Terrifying Yacht Fire

Terrified boaters had to leap for safety when their luxury cruiser went up on a fireball off the coast of Mississippi.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Georgia football offers top recruit in Mississippi

Jimothy Lewis, a member of the class of 2024, has received a scholarship offer from the Georgia Bulldogs.

The Independent UK

Two-year-old drowns in Mississippi resort pool

Swimming pool was packed with guests, and a lifeguard was on duty, police say

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Eva Rothschild’s cultural highlights

The Irish artist on a thrilling Mexican novel, a lovable comedy about two Cork misfits, and some devastating Mississippi blues

Daily Mirror

Woman mortified as people compare her to 'Ross from Friends' after fake tan fail

A woman was left in stitches after she applied too much fake tan - and people online have compared her look to Ross Geller from Friends who once made the same mistake

The Independent UK

Abortion-friendly states prep for more patients if Roe falls

Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws

Tribune News Service

Period poverty activism has stirred lawmakers to action

For many years, Laila Brown, a 16-year-old from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her peers had conversations about the stigma of periods and the lack of period products at school. After learning about “period poverty,” or inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, Brown and her older sister, Asia, 21, wanted…

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