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July 13, 2025

Mississippi

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Miss., Ky. on path to ax income tax on wages

April 12, 2025 David A. Lieb

About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and Kentucky, two states are now on a path to do […]

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Southern Republicans look to nationalize 2023 governors’ races by invoking Biden

October 4, 2023 Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — President Joe Biden’s name won’t appear on the ballot anywhere in 2023, but you wouldn’t know it from the campaigns that Republican candidates for governor are running in Kentucky and Mississippi.  GOP […]

Article

GOP govs, lawmakers supporting Mississippi anti-abortion law

August 9, 2021 Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

A dozen Republican governors and more than 200 GOP members of Congress are wading into a court fight over a Mississippi law to restrict abortion, the outcome of which could have implications for similar measures […]

Article

Mississippi business leaders discuss how new flag impacts state economy

June 27, 2021 Leah Willingham, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — A prominent Mississippi business leader said Wednesday the decision to change the state’s flag has removed a “significant impediment” to economic development in Mississippi. Mississippi lawmakers voted last year to retire a […]

Article

Supreme Court to hear abortion case

May 17, 2021 Mark Sherman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major abortion case, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb. The court’s order sets […]

Features

Mississippi road signs for Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash site

November 22, 2020 The Associated Press

GILLSBURG, Miss. — Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band famous for “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” now has highway signs pointing to the site of the Mississippi plane crash that claimed the lives of some […]

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Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

October 30, 2020 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees […]

Article

Final 2 Mississippi flag proposals: Shield vs. magnolia

August 27, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — As Mississippi replaces its former flag that had the Confederate battle emblem, five proposals were literally run up a flagpole Tuesday. A group then narrowed the choice to two designs: One with […]

News

Public ideas for Mississippi flag: Magnolias, stars, beer

August 3, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Magnolias, stars, guitars, the cross, beer cans, crawfish, a Gulf Coast lighthouse, Elvis Presley and even Kermit the Frog appear on proposals the general public submitted for a new Mississippi flag. Mississippi […]

News

Group seeks ideas for Mississippi flag without rebel emblem

July 13, 2020 Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — A state agency said Monday that the public can submit proposals for a new Mississippi flag, using two requirements in state law: The designs cannot include the Confederate battle emblem, and they […]

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