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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million in CARES Act Recovery to Support MS Tourism

By Press Release - US Department of Commerce, 52 Reads
Posted On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 11:00 AM

Below is a press release from the U.S. Department of Commerce:

By Marshall Ramsey - Mississippi Today, 38 Reads
Posted On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:49 AM

Family's home split in half by tree during severe weather

By The Associated Press, 44 Reads
Updated On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:33 AM

COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) — A Marion County woman says her family is lucky to be alive after a tree fell through their house over the weekend, splitting it in two.

Mississippi health officer: Refrain from J&J vaccine for now

By The Associated Press, 46 Reads
Updated On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:28 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's top public health official said Tuesday that he's telling health care providers to refrain from using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while federal agencies investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.

Charter school must improve to continue operating, board says

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 42 Reads
Posted On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:28 AM

Despite pleas from school officials and a parent for a full five-year contract renewal, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board extended Joel E.

NCAA threatens to pull Mississippi college baseball regionals, other championships over trans athletes law

By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 40 Reads
Posted On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:21 AM

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Governors said it may ban future championships — including college baseball and softball regionals — in Mississippi and other states that have passed legislation barring transgender athletes from competing on teams that align with their gender identity.

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : April 13, 2021

By Press Release - MSDH, 30 Reads
Posted On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:00 AM

Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

16 states back Alabama's challenge to Census privacy tool

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press, 29 Reads
Updated On Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:30 AM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sixteen other states are backing Alabama's challenge to a statistical method the U.S. Census Bureau is using for the first time to protect the privacy of people who participated in the 2020 census, the nation's once-a-decade head count that determines political power and funding.

Biden wants infrastructure deal, but GOP doubts persist

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press, 82 Reads
Updated On Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:22 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he's sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but Republican lawmakers have deep-seated doubts about the scope of his proposed package, its tax hikes and Biden's premise that this is an inflection point for the U.S. as a world power.

MS Lottery

By The Associated Press, 88 Reads
Posted On Mon, 04/12/2021 - 10:24 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ These Mississippi lotteries were drawn Monday:

Cash 3

2-7-9

(two, seven, nine)

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $220 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $67 million

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021