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A health care worker signs a petition to get Medicaid expansion placed the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Medicaid expansion ballot initiative officially halted

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/19/21-4:54PM, 11,599 Reads 150,100 Statewide
The “Yes on 76” campaign to expand Medicaid in Mississippi through a ballot initiative has been officially suspended — a pro forma move since the state Supreme Court last week nullified the state’s ballot initiative process with a ruling striking down medical marijuana Initiative 65.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : December 21, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Wed,12/21/22-5:28PM, 11,586 Reads 44,640 Statewide
Listed below is the recent COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.
NOTE: Due to MSDH reporting changes, COVID-19 updates will now be made weekly, every Tuesday rather than daily.
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Hannah Briscoe performs during the pageant held in Vicksburg. | Photo Courtesy of The Vicksburg Post

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Briscoe finishes fourth in state pageant

By REGGIE ROSS REGGIE ROSS - Managing Editor
Wed,05/12/21-12:38PM, 11,568 Reads
Grenada’s Hannah Briscoe recently won big on one of the state’s biggest stages as she finishes high school on a big note.
Briscoe had a top five finish in the Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen in Vicksburg on April 25.
A senior at Grenada High School, Briscoe called the experience and overwhelming one.
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U.S. Marshals apprehend Memphis fugitive after standoff in Grenada

By ADAM PRESTRIDGE ADAM PRESTRIDGE - Publisher
Thu,11/20/25-9:29AM, 11,517 Reads
For more than two hours Wednesday afternoon, dozens of law enforcement officers with five agencies teamed up in Grenada to capture a fugitive from Tennessee.
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Medicaid expansion ballot initiative officially halted

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : December 21, 2022

Briscoe finishes fourth in state pageant

U.S. Marshals apprehend Memphis fugitive after standoff in Grenada

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