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Surviving small restaurants push forward as pandemic ebbs

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — For two years, Naomi King, an Australian native who owns Levon’s Bar and Grill in Clarksdale, Mississippi, pivoted her business model in more ways than one. The coronavirus pandemic forced her and her husband, Jonathan King, to cut the staff by half, reduce hours of operation and…

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Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley

Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado scientist Ernest Agee to explain what causes tornadoes and how the center of U.S. tornado…

The Conversation

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama warned as storm approaches

A storm system that left widespread damage and some injuries in its wake in Texas is drifting into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

The Independent UK

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This week in history: Fannie Lou Hamer gives startling depiction of racism in Mississippi

In 1964, the Chicago Daily News ran a series of articles depicting “a state divided by itself,” Mississippi. Writer Nicholas von Hoffman’s interview with activist Fannie Lou Hamer, who died this week in 1977, demonstrated the price she paid fighting for her rights.

Chicago Sun-Times

POINT: If Roe is overturned, children, women and science will be respected once again

After decades of working to protect children from abortion, pro-lifers have successfully advanced legislation that challenges the bogus legal holding of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in our country. The challenge comes from a 2018 Mississippi law protecting babies in the womb starting at 15…

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Kentucky Senate passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

Kentucky lawmakers have taken another step toward banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

Fundrise Bets On Continued Rental Market Growth With $37.6 Million Acquisition Of Gulf Coast Rental Home Community

The real estate investment platform Fundrise announced that it acquired Emerald Lakes, a community of 106 detached single-family rental homes in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

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Mississippi governor claims ‘critical race theory’ used to ‘humiliate and indoctrinate’ students

Opponents warn new law could ‘open the door for future interference and classroom censorship ‘

The Independent UK

Teacher sacked for reading bum book to students: the latest conservative book ban

On March 1, 2022, Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in New Byrum, Mississippi, faced a problem. The reader booked for a Zoom session for 240 grade two students hadn’t shown up. So Price grabbed one of his favourite books, I Need a New Butt, and…

The Conversation

Uproar as Mississippi signs bill to limit discussions of race in school lessons

Bill signed by Republican governor sparks opposition from Black lawmakers who say it will silence debate about racism’s harmful effects

The Guardian - US

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms

The Independent UK

Editorial: Missouri might criminalize out-of-state abortions. That’s ridiculous

The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a Mississippi ban on abortion at 15 weeks of gestation and dismantle the landmark ruling in Roe vs. Wade that protects a woman’s right…

Los Angeles Times

Mississippi teacher fired for reading I Need a New Butt! to children

Toby Price’s termination for sharing the humorous children’s book has sparked criticism and a wave of support

The Guardian - US

Record Cold Temperatures Could Make Mississippi Colder Than Alaska This Weekend

Late Friday night into Saturday morning, much of the Southeast will be impacted by severe weather.

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Renalytix Launches National Physician Access To KidneyIntelX Platform

Renalytix plc (NASDAQ:RNLX) has launched its new provider access portal, myIntelX, to provide nationwide online access for physicians to order KidneyIntelX bioprognostic testing. KidneyIntelX enables early-stage diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progression risk assessment by combining diverse data inputs, including blood-based biomarkers and personalized health data. It employs a proprietary algorithm to generate a…

The Independent UK

'Home Town' stars back Mississippi city's tourism tax effort

The stars of HGTV’s “Home Town” appeared at the Mississippi Capitol with others from their community to support a possible increase in a local tourism tax

Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders Reveals He Had Two Toes Amputated Following Blood Clots

The Jackson State coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer underwent foot surgery that required a three-week stay at a Mississippi hospital.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Splash Beverage To Launch TapouT In Winn-Dixie Stores In Southeast

Splash Beverage Group Inc (NYSE: SBEV) said Winn-Dixie grocery stores would have its high-performance energy drink, TapouT, in 485 stores in southeastern states. The states include Alabama, Georgia, parts of Florida and extending into Mississippi and Louisiana.

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Vectrus Agrees To Merge With Vertex

Vectrus Inc (NYSE:VEC) entered a definitive agreement to combine with The Vertex Company in an all-stock merger. Vertex Company is headquartered in Madison, Mississippi, and employs ~6,000 employees. Vertex is majority-owned by American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VI LP. Vertex delivers integrated turnkey lifecycle support from concept definition to engineering and manufacturing.…

USA Today Sports Media Group

2022 NFL Combine Results: QB, RB, WR and TE

Measurables for QB, RB, WR, and TE from the 2022 NFL Combine

The Independent UK

Talk about race: Mississippi House passes bill to set limits

The Republican-controlled Mississippi House has divided largely along lines of race and party in passing a bill that would limit how race can be discussed in classrooms

Tribune News Service

Florida’s 15-week abortion ban will have dramatic effects on patients and providers. Here’s what to expect

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Should a proposed 15-week abortion limit making its way through the Florida Legislature go into effect in July, Floridians can expect a dramatic fallout.

The Independent UK

Mississippi county OKs contracts for Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi county has approved contracts for a sculptor to make and install a bronze statue of Emmett Till

Los Angeles Times

Cookie-mergency: Girl Scout goodies are in short supply

LOS ANGELES — Chocolate milk in Maine. Cream cheese in New York City. Granite for headstones in Mississippi.

Zenger

How One Man Sparked An ‘Evolution And Revolution’ In Meteorology

John A. Peoples Jr. led the push to make Jackson State University a cutting-edge institution, starting with meteorology.

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