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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Mississippi's efforts to help low-income tenants

By Leah Willingham Jun. 25, 2021 12:25 PM EDT

Auditor: Mississippi erred on $117M in unemployment benefits

Jun. 23, 2021 02:50 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi erroneously paid out more than $117 million in unemployment benefits last year and during the early months of...

National Guard helping with COVID-19 response to withdraw

Jun. 18, 2021 05:30 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The more than 1,500 Mississippi National Guard members who have been working throughout the state over the course of the coronavirus...

President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House for a trip to Delaware, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden's July 4 vax goal

By Zeke Miller And Leah Willingham Jun. 09, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden's July 4 vax goal

By Zeke Miller And Leah Willingham Jun. 08, 2021 04:25 PM EDT

Katrina Folks hugs her service dog, Princess, and speaks about her efforts to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Folks, the mother of an 11-year old son, used to do data entry at a law firm, but she has health issues that require her to work from home. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced May 10 that the state will opt out of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed, actions, directly affecting Folks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed

By Leah Willingham May. 31, 2021 09:49 AM EDT

Neurosurgeon tapped for spot on state health board

May. 25, 2021 02:19 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Neurosurgeon Dr. John Daniel Davis IV has been nominated by Gov. Tate Reeves to serve on a board that governs public health in the state,...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Tupelo Daily Journal. May 12, 2021. Editorial: Don’t just cut benefits, provide incentives for workers Gov. Tate Reeves...

Street racers gather the evening of Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in the parking lot of the Goodwill on Northeast Marine Drive and 122nd Avenue in Portland, Ore. Across America, police are confronting illegal drag racing whose popularity has surged since the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns began. Drivers have blocked off roads to race and to etch donut patterns on pavement with the tires of their souped-up cars. From Portland, Oregon; to Albuquerque, New Mexico; from Nashville, Tennessee; to New York City, officials are reporting a dangerous, and sometimes deadly, uptick in street racing.(Anna Spoerre /The Oregonian via AP)
Street racing surges across US amid coronavirus pandemic

By Andrew Selsky May. 13, 2021 01:14 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(McComb) Enterprise-Journal. May 7, 2021. Editorial: Early voting can prevent fraud Mississippi’s resistance to early...

Reeves: Mississippi to drop federal unemployment supplement

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 10, 2021 05:33 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will stop accepting supplemental unemployment benefits from the federal government next month, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves...

FILE - In this March 11, 2021, file photo, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters after signing a bill at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A new Mississippi law will make more inmates eligible for the possibility of parole. Gov. Reeves signed Senate Bill 2795 on Thursday, April 22, 2021, and it becomes law on July 1. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi receiving virus relief money spread over 2 years

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 10, 2021 04:43 PM EDT

Technicians prepare Pfizer vaccines at the newly opened COVID-19 Vaccination Centre in Sydney, Australia, Monday, May 10, 2021. (James Gourley/Pool Photo via AP)
The Latest: N Korea again claims no coronavirus infections

By The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 02:36 AM EDT

Mississippi governor removes most COVID-19 restrictions

Apr. 30, 2021 03:46 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday erased most restrictions he had set to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. ...

In this April 23, 2021 photo, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa. Drug maker Pfizer says, Friday, April 30, it will start sending U.S.-produced COVID-19 vaccines to Canada next week. It's the first time the U.S. has allowed that company’s vaccine exported north. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
The Latest: Canada puts J&J vaccine rollout plans on hold

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 03:02 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Vicksburg Post. April 23, 2021. Editorial: The process of getting state and federal help to fix roads takes too long ...

FILE - In this March 3, 2021, file photo, senior citizens leave a COVID-19 vaccination site operated by Maine Health in the site of a former department store in Sanford, Maine. Demand for the coronavirus vaccine has fallen off in some places around the United States to the point where some counties are turning down new shipments of doses. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

Leah Willingham, Heather Hollingsworth And Michelle R. Smith Apr. 23, 2021 12:22 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 08:03 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ April 20 The Greenwood Commonwealth on baseball...

Mississippi receiving $29.7M from CDC for vaccinations

By Leah Willingham Apr. 06, 2021 12:13 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss, (AP) — Mississippi is receiving about $29.7 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support coronavirus vaccination...

Advocates: Put early voting proposal on Mississippi ballot

By Leah Willingham Apr. 01, 2021 03:06 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker is leading a group of activists who want to amend the Mississippi Constitution to create a broad system of...