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State leaders and environmental groups sound alarm over EPA budget cuts
Billions will likely be cut from state environmental programs, including for lower income communities, under Trump Administration plan
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Christopher Harress
Jackson State President Marcus Thompson resigns
Mississippi Today reported that JSU’s president resigned, for unexplained reasons, after two years.
The site BackWithNoChaser reports that Jackson's Tougaloo College received unspecified threats related to commencement address by Texas U.S…
The story, here, quotes Tougaloo President Donzell Lee saying college officials notified law enforcement about the threatening calls.
Elderly Navy veteran says ex-cop knocked her out during Gulf Coast political dispute
A 74-year-old Mississippi woman who was allegedly assaulted by a retired Long Beach police officer during a roadside protest claimed during an emotional…
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Christopher Harress
Rare meeting of the minds at Mississippi prison book club
Despite cuts to enabling programs, a prison book club expands its focus
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Alan Huffman
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Seeding new journalism in Jackson
High school students report on hometown topics under innovative news program
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Levon Campbell

April 2025

Mellon Foundation announces $15m in emergency grants to state humanities councils
The move, reported in the April 29, 2025, New York Times, is an effort to stave off the collapse of state humanities councils, including the Mississippi…
Navy veteran "afraid for my country" hospitalized after altercation on Gulf Coast
Long Beach retired police officer accused of assaulting 74-year-old protester; files counter-charge
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How administration's rash funding cuts imperil the Mississippi River
Listing as nation's most endangered river cites defunding of federal programs as threat to environment, infrastructure
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Christopher Harress
Mississippi Free Press offers wakeup call: Americans could also be denied constitutional due process
“A government that can disappear 238 men to a nightmarish El Salvadoran prison on flimsy allegations of terrorism and gang membership can do the same to…
Number of protesters grows at state Capitol demonstration against extreme Trump administration actions
More than 400 people gathered for the protest rally in Jackson to express their objections to what they viewed as extremist policies and orders issued…
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Levon Campbell
Interpreting slavery at Whitney Plantation "no longer serves the interest of the United States..."
Grants have been axed for Whitney Plantation, which memorializes slavery along the Great River Road, as per this report.
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