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EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, right, addresses a roundtable of Jackson-area businesspeople, community leaders, residents and educators, as Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens, Nov. 15, 2022, at Jackson State University, in Jackson, Miss. The EPA said Monday, May 6, 2024, that it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the majority-Black city of Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Racial bias did not shape Mississippi's water funding decisions for capital city, EPA says

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,05/09/24-3:19PM, 82 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the state's majority-Black capital city of Jackson.
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Be nice to mothers: Their numbers are declining

By WYATT EMMERICH WYATT EMMERICH
Thu,05/09/24-2:38PM, 168 Reads 9,283 Statewide
One of the greatest blessings to us all is the love of our mothers.
I lost my mother many years ago. It is still painful to think of that day. There has been a big hole in my heart ever since. I lost the one person in the world who loved me unconditionally.
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Sun reflections: Protests should be peaceful

By JAY WIENER JAY WIENER
Thu,05/09/24-10:50AM, 248 Reads 13,059 Statewide
Mississippi was not the first site of Civil Rights Movement sit-in protests. Greensboro experienced the first on February 1, 1960, followed by others in North Carolina, the following week: Durham, Fayetteville, and Winston-Salem on the 8th, Charlotte, Concord, Elizabeth City, Henderson, and High Point on the 9th, and Raleigh on the 10th.
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VANTAGE Point: Medicaid expansion fails

By BILL CRAWFORD BILL CRAWFORD
Thu,05/09/24-10:46AM, 179 Reads 9,718 Statewide
As the world turns so too does Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann. A year ago he championed expansion of Medicaid to benefit mothers and children. During last year’s elections he championed Medicaid reform to benefit the working poor. This year, with the House finally ready to act, he threw a monkey wrench into the works.
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