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Alcorn alumni ask university to respond to allegations of widespread issues on campus

By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Thu,02/17/22-5:06PM, 3,023 Reads 41,729 Statewide
A report by a group of Alcorn State University alumni alleges widespread issues contributed to falling enrollment and dozens of employee resignations in the last year at the nation’s oldest historically Black land grant university.
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Mississippi House speaker Philip Gunn speaks during Gov. Tate Reeves press conference at the State of Mississippi Woolfolk Building in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Gunn, often guided by his faith, does not see Medicaid expansion in religious terms

By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,05/03/21-12:27PM, 1,011 Reads 41,703 Statewide
Health care advocates, many health care providers and others who desperately want to see the state expand Medicaid to cover primarily the working poor blame Gov. Tate Reeves for blocking the effort.
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Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee members discuss the issue of medical marijuana during a committee hearing at the State Capitol Monday. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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How regulated should Mississippi medical marijuana be?

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/29/21-9:11AM, 1,176 Reads 41,698 Statewide
Mississippi lawmakers pondering a medical marijuana program heard on Monday from colleagues from two ends of the spectrum: Utah, which strictly regulates medical marijuana, and Oklahoma, whose program is so open it resembles recreational marijuana use.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 24, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Tue,05/24/22-11:46AM, 1,594 Reads 41,683 Statewide
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.
New cases of COVID-19:

255

New COVID-19 positive test results reported to MSDH as of 3 p.m. yesterday.
Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once.
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Alcorn alumni ask university to respond to allegations of widespread issues on campus

Gunn, often guided by his faith, does not see Medicaid expansion in religious terms

How regulated should Mississippi medical marijuana be?

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 24, 2022

New cases of COVID-19:

255

Weekend, April 11-12, 2026

Community Polls

Are you satisfied with what the Mississippi Legislature accomplished during this year’s session?

If you had to listen to only one genre of music for the rest of life, which would you prefer?

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