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Critical race theory ban goes to Senate
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,01/21/22-2:00AM , 778 Reads
JACKSON — A Mississippi Senate committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory, even though the state superintendent of education has said the theory is not being taught in schools and legislators have offered no evidence to show it is.
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Sen. Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, photographs examples of hemp product, used to illustrate to lawmakers what specific portions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Equivalency Units would look like, during the 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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Bill banning critical race theory goes to Mississippi Senate
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/20/22-4:48PM , 791 Reads
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Mississippi House OKs bill on equal pay for women and men
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Thu,01/20/22-3:53PM , 321 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi employers would be required to pay women and men the same amount of money for the same work, under a bill that passed the state House on Thursday.
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Mississippi state Rep. Lee Yancey discusses a bill that would create a medical marijuana program in the state, after the House Drug Policy Committee advanced the bill Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Medical marijuana moves 1 step closer in Mississippi
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Wed,01/19/22-5:06PM , 298 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is moving closer to joining most other states in allowing people to use marijuana to relieve medical conditions.
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