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Attorney General Lynn Fitch, center, listens during the Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Monday, Oct. 3, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi opioid settlement council stirs confusion as it evaluates grants requesting tens of millions of dollars

By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/04/25-1:56PM, 221 Reads 8,950 Statewide
After evaluating applications asking for over $100 million of public money, the Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council discussed Monday which proposals deserved state investment to prevent more deadly overdoses.
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Magnolia Mornings: November 25, 2025

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Tue,11/25/25-9:22AM, 220 Reads 8,043 Statewide
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Mississippi College signee

Kirk Academy senior Parker Avant recently signed a scholarship to play golf at Mississipppi College in Clinton. Present for the signing included, from left, John, Parker and Melissa Avant.

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Avant takes love of golf to Mississippi College

By CHUCK HATHCOCK CHUCK HATHCOCK - Sports Editor
Thu,11/27/25-12:00PM, 220 Reads
Kirk Academy senior Parker Avant loves playing golf.
She will play whenever she can play — whether it be at Dogwoods Golf Course or the Yalobusha Country Club in her hometown of Water Valley. Avant’s love of the game shows through her consistent play on the course.
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Pender: That ‘whoosh’ is school choice sucking all the oxygen from the Mississippi Capitol

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/04/25-12:46PM, 220 Reads 7,488 Statewide
Below is a political opinion column by Geoff Pender:
That whooshing sound you’ll soon hear coming from High Street is no cause for alarm. It’s just all the oxygen being sucked out of the Capitol by next year’s legislative bugaboo: school choice, or private school vouchers, or “education freedom,” depending on your worldview.
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