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Novelist Ellen Gilchrist speaks at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 20, 2022. Gilchrist, a National Book Award winner whose short stories and novels drew on the complexities of people and places in the American South, died Tuesday, Jan.30, 2024, in Ocean Springs, Miss, an obituary from her family said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Ellen Gilchrist, 1984 National Book Award winner for 'Victory Over Japan,' dies at 88
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,02/01/24-6:05PM , 317 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Ellen Gilchrist, a National Book Award winner whose short stories and novels drew on the complexities of people and places in the American South, has died. She was 88.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves responds to a reporter's question regarding the passage of a package of state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to build two data centers in the central part of the state, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi Republican governor again calls for phasing out personal income tax in his budget plan
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,02/01/24-9:11AM , 368 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is renewing his call for legislators to phase out the state's personal income tax over several years, and he is asking them to spend more money on economic development, highways and the judiciary.
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Mississippi state Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, speaks, Feb. 28, 2023, at the state Capitol in Jackson. McGee is supporting a proposal that would allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi eyes quicker Medicaid coverage in pregnancy to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,01/31/24-5:05PM , 388 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation's worst rate of infant mortality.
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Conviction of former officer overturned
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Wed,01/31/24-2:00AM , 2767 Reads
JACKSON — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a former Jackson police detective in the 2019 death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle while officers were searching for a pastor’s killer.
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