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Members of the Mississippi National Guard distribute bottled water to Jackson residents at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, September 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Jackson garners $20 million in federal legislation for water woes

Sep 30, 2022

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Mississippi remains deadliest state for babies, CDC data shows

Sep 29, 2022

Leaders of organizations representing Black women called on lawmakers to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage and other policies to help expectant mothers and children. Credit: Geoff Pender/Mississippi Today

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‘We’re 50th by a mile.’ Experts tell lawmakers where Mississippi stands with health of mothers, children

Sep 27, 2022

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Tougaloo to receive $420,000 for security and mental health care in wake of HBCU bomb threats

Sep 26, 2022

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Retired wrestler says GOP Gov. Phil Bryant cut welfare funding to nonprofit because of Democratic support

Sep 26, 2022

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Stephen McCraney, executive director, of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, left, and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, center, have a conversation at a water distribution site located at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, September 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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EPA: Feds prepared to take action on Jackson water

Sep 26, 2022

Parchman prison. Jan. 15, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

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Mississippi man convicted of murder and previously sentenced to death will now be paroled

Sep 26, 2022

Chief Justice Michael Randolph poses a question during oral arguments in 2021 regarding Initiative 65 on medical marijuana. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Legislative leaders weigh stripping Supreme Court’s ability to give own raise

Sep 25, 2022

Kristel Robinson and her son Aiden, 11, pose for a portrait outside of their home in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Aiden was accidentally burned and was treated at the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center in 2019. The center, which is the only burn center in the state, is set to close in October. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Very concerned about our patients’: Inside the final days of Mississippi’s only burn center

Sep 23, 2022

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Jackson businesses: ‘Slow bleed’ of the water crisis on finances needs more aid than loans

Sep 22, 2022

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Former welfare director John Davis set to plead guilty to state and federal charges

Sep 21, 2022

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Another lawsuit filed over Jackson water crisis

Sep 19, 2022

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Sonnie Bane poses for a portrait outside of the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The clinic must stop providing abortions after a judge refused to block the state’s trigger law from taking effect. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Sen. Wicker the only Mississippi Republican to weigh in on national abortion ban proposal

Sep 18, 2022

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Registered Nurse Shalotta Sharp leads a sexual assault examination training for nurses at St. Dominic in Jackson, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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Sexual assault nurses asked the AG’s office if Plan B is legal. They never got a response.

Sep 14, 2022

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Stephen McCraney, executive director, of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, left, and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, center, have a conversation at a water distribution site located at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, September 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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NBC report: EPA launches inquiry of Jackson water system

Sep 12, 2022

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Terun Moore, right, of the Strong Arms of JXN organization, helps distribute water to Jackson residents at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Y’all just coming to get a story’: Local organizers say media neglects Jackson until crisis

Sep 09, 2022

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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen on January 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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FBI asked Brett Favre just one question, his attorney says

Sep 08, 2022

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A mother holding her newborn child in a hospital bed. Ariel Skelley/Image Bank/Getty Images

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Postpartum women never lost Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. But the state told them they did.

Sep 06, 2022

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