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The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, March 16, 2023, affirmed a ruling by Judge David Chandler, shown in this photo from May 6, 2016. Chandler ruled in 2021 that Mississippi's capital city of Jackson neglected to follow all required steps when it tried to annex land near the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Court: Jackson missed step in trying to take land by airport

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,03/17/23-5:35PM, 157 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The capital city of Jackson neglected to follow all required steps when it tried to annex land near the busiest airport in Mississippi, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
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As one Jackson State president resigns, another is still suing the university and IHL

By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/17/23-5:12PM, 297 Reads 14,354 Statewide
William Bynum Jr.’s lawsuit against Jackson State University and the Institutions of Higher Learning is still open more than three years after the former university president, who had been arrested in a prostitution sting, resigned his post.
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Reeves signs extended Medicaid coverage for new mothers into law

By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/17/23-5:02PM, 382 Reads 16,203 Statewide
Mississippians on Medicaid officially have health care coverage for a year after giving birth.
Gov. Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2212 into law on Thursday, extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from two to 12 months.
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Life's a Garden: Yards, nurseries true ‘local’

By ALLEN MARTINSON ALLEN MARTINSON
Fri,03/17/23-3:02PM, 344 Reads 21,521 Statewide
I spend a lot of time in the woods in nearby Yazoo County. On my drive to get there I get to see what is happening in the country yards. They are usually bigger and older than the newer communities in the Jackson area. I love seeing mature forsythia and quince with wisteria gone wild, framing the wood line behind the yard.
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