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The Senate Medicaid Committee listen as State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney addresses them via a teleconference on various aspects of postpartum Medicaid extension, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi's top health officer says the state doesn’t have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Doctor: Health care access 'scary' in parts of Mississippi
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Fri,01/13/23-9:32AM , 149 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi doesn't have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes, from high rates of maternal and infant mortality to severe cases of diabetes that require the amputation of limbs, the state's top health officer said.
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The TikTok logo is seen on a cell phone on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in a letter to department and agency heads. Reeves says he issued the directive to safeguard sensitive information from the popular social media app. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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Mississippi governor bans TikTok from government devices
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Wed,01/11/23-6:39PM , 170 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday in a letter to department and agency heads.
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Mississippi company pleads guilty to federal illegal dumping
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Wed,01/11/23-5:29PM , 160 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi wastewater hauling business has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally discharging industrial waste into the sewer system in the state's capital city, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Shuwaski Young, the Democratic candidate for Mississippi's Third Congressional District, addresses the crowd at the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., on July 27, 2022. Young, who worked in the Department of Homeland Security during Barack Obama’s presidency, has announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, that he will challenge Mississippi's Republican secretary of state, Michael Watson, in the 2023 statewide election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Democrat Young to run for Mississippi secretary of state
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,01/10/23-11:29AM , 181 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Shuwaski Young, a Democrat who worked in the Department of Homeland Security during Barack Obama’s presidency, announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Mississippi secretary of state.
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