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Mississippi Today
- People in 15 counties can receive replacement SNAP benefits without application
Only existing SNAP clients are eligible to receive these benefits.
- Retired Pittsburgh police commander is nominated as Jackson’s new police chief
RaShall Brackney, a former Pittsburgh Bureau of Police commander, was the only woman among the finalists to become Jackson police chief. She would become the third woman to serve as Jackson's chief.
- Local, state officials vet plans to secure Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s financial future
Greenwood Leflore Hospital serves roughly 300,000 patients in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the state with limited access to health care.
- Byhalia ‘ICE warehouse’ deal is canned after chat with Noem, Wicker tweets
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker tweeted Friday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ICE will look elsewhere than Byhalia for a immigration detention center.
- The House’s education bill is dead, but school choice isn’t. What happens now?
The House’s expansive education bill is dead — but that doesn’t mean school choice is off the table this session. The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday killed House Bill 2, the House’s omnibus education package, which contained a key element of expanding school choice with education savings accounts, which allows public dollars to be used