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State Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, lead negotiator, holds a tube containing a cigarette and a rolled hemp cigarette to illustrate to lawmakers what specific portions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Equivalency Units would look like during his presentation of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act in the Senate Chamber at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. The body passed the act. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi governor signs law allowing medical marijuana
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,02/02/22-5:18PM , 246 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is legalizing medical marijuana for people with debilitating conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease.
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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, left, and Gov. Tate Reeves confer in an empty Senate chamber at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Mississippi governor noncommittal on medical marijuana bill
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,02/01/22-2:55PM , 196 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he has not decided whether he will sign a bill to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease.
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Senate Finance Committee chairman Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, acknowledges Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, foreground, during a committee meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss. During the meeting, Harkins unveiled a handout chart that outlined a $446.6M tax relief package. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi Senate unveils proposal to reduce some taxes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,02/01/22-2:19PM , 165 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders unveiled a tax cut proposal Tuesday that they described as a sustainable way to reduce what people pay to the government while maintaining enough money to pay for schools and other services.
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Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during the Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations GOP news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Wicker: Black woman Supreme Court nominee would be 'quota'
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,01/31/22-4:20PM , 275 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of Mississippi's Republican U.S. senators said that if President Joe Biden nominates a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, that nominee would be the beneficiary of a “quota.”
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