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Jackson City Council sets new election
Ward 3 ‘do-over By Othor Cain Managing Editor Ward 3 voters are expected to head back to the polls Tuesday, July 24, barring a retrial. The new run-off election date was set as a result […]
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3 await hate crime sentencing
James Craig Anderson killed in Jackson WAPT.COM A year after James Craig Anderson was run down by a pickup truck, the three teens who pleaded guilty in connection with his death are still awaiting sentencing […]
Family Medicine
Supreme Court upholds health care law
How Healthcare Law affects Mississippians WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld the 2010 health care law Thursday, preserving Obama’s landmark legislative achievement. The majority opinion was […]
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Supreme Court rules ‘Obamacare’ constitutional, a major victory for President Barack Obama
(AP) The US Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform act on Thursday morning, delivering a surprise boost to his re-election prospects and enraging his conservative opponents. The Court said that the invididual mandate, the […]
Health
Obamacare individual mandate ruled constitutional by Roberts’ Supreme Court
A Chicago Sun Times Report WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The decision […]
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Miss. not waiting on health care court ruling
Health care ruling could come today A WTVA Report JACKSON – Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says the state will continue working on its health care exchange even though the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn […]
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2 face charges in Winston County death
From Media Reports LOUISVILLE – Authorities have arrested two men and continue the search for two others in connection with a February shooting death in Winston County. Authorities tell WTVA they arrested Marvin Stingley of […]
Education
College Board seeks giving to JSU, Alcorn, MVSU
JACKSON – (AP) After years of delay, members of the state’s College Board will again try to raise $34 million in private money to endow Mississippi’s three historically black universities. The board pledged to raise […]
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Hinds sheriff criticizes county after jail escapes
JACKSON – (AP) Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis is criticizing other county officials for not doing enough to repair the county’s troubled jail. Lewis says mounting maintenance problems aren’t being addressed, although administrators and county […]
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Trial set in shooting of 3 USM football players
By Monica Land HATTIESBURG – A man accused of shooting three Southern Mississippi football players outside a club nearly two years ago is scheduled to go to trial today. Thirty-year-old Travis Brown will appear in […]