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More than $4 billion in PPP loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support this year. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

PPP list: Who received federal loans in Mississippi?

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 2,726 Reads

More than $4 billion in loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support for businesses earlier this year.

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Unacceptable in our democracy

By Jack Ryan, Enterprise-Journal, 4,640 Reads

Everyone understands that President Donald Trump’s most passionate supporters believe that election fraud in several states cost him a second term in office. But after a bunch of them burst into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the question to ask is why they did it.

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The state that Mississippi should envy

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On Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:15 AM

McCOMB — The 2020 U.S. census numbers came out last week, and Mississippi was one of just three states that lost population during the past decade.

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Trash for Cash a worthy effort

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On Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:13 AM

Kudos to the Charleston Rotary Club, the city of Charleston and others for teaming up to sponsor and support “Trash for Cash” this past Saturday.

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Gov. Reeves says there is no systemic racism in the justice system. The numbers say otherwise.

By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 1,108 Reads

Gov. Tate Reeves, the top elected official representing the blackest state in America, said on national television Thursday that systemic racism does not exist within the criminal justice system.

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ANALYSIS: State census figures reveal key findings

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On Thu, 04/29/2021 - 06:23 PM

This week’s release of national and state population totals, as well as state apportionments, marks the culmination of a year’s dedicated work by local civic and social organizations in partnership with the United Census Bureau in Mississippi and across the nation.

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Early voting initiative filed

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On Thu, 04/08/2021 - 11:59 AM

The Mississippi secretary of state has received paperwork from a group that wants to put an initiative on the ballot to expand early voting.

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A lost year is not all that's at stake

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On Thu, 03/25/2021 - 09:29 AM

With recent passage of the latest coronavirus relief bill, Congress has thrown more than $5 trillion of mostly borrowed money at the economic, social and medical wreckage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Brees did it the right way

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On Thu, 03/18/2021 - 10:53 AM

On Feb. 8, 1986, the Endymion parade made its annual Mardi Gras trek through the streets of New Orleans. The theme that year was, “What Might Have Been,” and the floats were about things that were never going to happen.

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Water appreciated more by its absence

By Clay McFerrin, 1,473 Reads

In this country we are spoiled in many ways, including having access to reliable and largely affordable forms of energy which allow us to heat and cool our homes, power our many devices and enjoy a quality of life that is the envy of much of the world.

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