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This is part three in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

‘This thing’s got a chance’: As outside pressure mounts, Philip Gunn sees legislative path to changing state flag

By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/30/21-4:02PM, 33,966 Reads 111,450 Statewide
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn was watching his son play baseball in Louisiana on June 20, 2020, when he got a call from Rep. Jason White, the second highest-ranking House member and a top lieutenant of Gunn’s.
“Mr. Speaker, you’re never going to believe who I just got off the phone with,” White told Gunn.
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After a failed first try, the Senate passed a legislative alternative to the medical marijuana program voters approved in November.

Supreme Court refuses to reconsider medical marijuana ruling

By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,07/02/21-3:27PM, 26,080 Reads 179,621 Statewide
A last gasp effort has been rejected to convince the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark decision which struck down the medical marijuana initiative approved by voters in November and the entire ballot initiative process.
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Justices declined to give a rehearing in the case regarding a ballot initiative that would've created a medical marijuana program in Mississippi.

State Supreme Court won't conduct rehearing on Initiative 65

By STEVE WILSON
Thu,07/01/21-2:38PM, 20,699 Reads 52,835 Statewide
The Mississippi Supreme Court won't be conducting a rehearing in the case that eliminated Initiative 65 and the state's ballot initiative system in its entirety.
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Newton County couple killed in Neshoba crash

By BRENT MAZE
Tue,08/17/21-4:29PM, 19,946 Reads
A Newton County couple has died following a two-vehicle wreck just south of Philadelphia on Monday.
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