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Sumrall defeats FCAHS 9-0 as errors plague Aggies

SUMRALL – As the saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.”

Petal Primary PTO holds egg hunt for teachers, staff

After a year of uncertainty and reduced social involvement at schools because of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Petal Primary School PTO decided to start spring 2021 off on a more positive n

COVID-19 continues downward trend in Mississippi, but new variants loom large

The number of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths in Mississippi has continued the sharp decline seen since their peak in January.

Hattiesburg Clinic CEO Batson discusses pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

A few days after federal health authorities recommended that providers pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while a potential link to rare blood clots is investigated,

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

A non-profit that receives most of its money from taxpayer funds will receive an earmark in the state’s Medicaid appropriation for the fifth year in a row.

Mississippi Supreme Court medical marijuana case: What you should know
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 982 Reads
Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler on Oct. 26 filed a challenge to ballot Initiative 65 on medical marijuana, saying it was not properly before voters (who passed it) in November per the state constitution.
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SMITH: How much longer can the Second Amendment hang in there?
By Ben Smith, 398 Reads
I am a hunter. I do not apologize for it. My family shoots guns. We do not apologize for it. We eat meat that we harvest with our own weapons, unapologetically. That’s the beauty of living free in America. No matter how bad of a day that we might have, we’ve all won the lottery already by living in this country. But, for how long?
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DiFATTA: Be on the lookout for venomous snakes during your hunting trips
By Phil DiFatta, 246 Reads
“Red touches yellow, kill a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack.” Remember that jingle? If not, remember it now! After all, your life may depend on it... That having been duly noted, now onto my tale - a true tale at that!
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Medicaid coverage for postpartum likely to continue through year despite legislative inaction
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 820 Reads
Mississippi women who have given birth will likely continue to receive Medicaid health care coverage until at least the end of 2021 even after legislation recently died that would have extended the coverage.
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Zach Jones celebrates with his team after winning the State Championship this past season. Jones went 65-19 and appeared in three state title games in six seasons. Photo by Jesse Johnson for The Pine Belt News.

Lumberton’s Jones begins new chapter, heads for Magee
By Andrew Abadie, 888 Reads
Unlike many players and coaches, Zach Jones lived out what would be a dream for anyone else.

The Lumberton native not only got to be the head football coach for his hometown team but solidified himself into hometown folklore as he brought home a 1A state championship trophy this past season.
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Jonathan Ladner happily watches Zach Jones get showered after Lumberton’s 2019 South State title win. Photo by Avery Holder for The Pine Belt News.

ABADIE: Lumberton’s next coach is already there
By Andrew Abadie, 2,669 Reads
I’m not really one to throw my opinion as to who the top candidate should be in coaching searches, especially in the high school world.
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State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, 735 Reads
Both the state auditor and Mississippi attorney general are investigating whether Centene Corp., as a provider of Medicaid drug services, failed to disclose discounts on pharmacy services, inflated dispensing fees and received reimbursements for amounts already paid.
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SALTER: Amazon in Alabama: Organized labor’s racial narrative soundly rejected yet again
By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, 612 Reads
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Organized labor’s organizing efforts in the South in recent years have focused on equating union membership with social justice. Over the last decade, that narrative has been soundly rejected in union votes and in most cases by workers with significant percentages of Black workers.
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U.S. Supreme Court denies Fitch motion to halt education lawsuit over Jim Crow-era language
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 536 Reads
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to act on Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s motion to pause a lawsuit filed on behalf of African American parents saying the state violated federal law by spending less on majority-Black schools than majority-white ones.
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The Delta Health Alliance will receive $1 million in the fiscal 2022 Medicaid appropriation bill, down from the more than $4.1 million it received in the previous two budget cycles.

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

A non-profit that receives most of its money from taxpayer funds will receive an earmark in the state’s Medicaid appropriation for the fifth year in a row.

The Delta Health Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Stoneville and manages 52 education and healthcare programs in the impoverished Mississippi Delta.

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Mississippi Supreme Court medical marijuana case: What you should know

SMITH: How much longer can the Second Amendment hang in there?

DiFATTA: Be on the lookout for venomous snakes during your hunting trips

Medicaid coverage for postpartum likely to continue through year despite legislative inaction

Lumberton’s Jones begins new chapter, heads for Magee

ABADIE: Lumberton’s next coach is already there

State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars

SALTER: Amazon in Alabama: Organized labor’s racial narrative soundly rejected yet again

U.S. Supreme Court denies Fitch motion to halt education lawsuit over Jim Crow-era language

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

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