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Jamese Wiley, a 28-year-old single mother of six, speaks about the positive impact the removal of a child support requirement by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, has on the Child Care Payment Program, at a news conference Monday, May 15, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi removes hurdle to child care for low-income single parents
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Mon,05/15/23-1:46PM , 199 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Single parents in Mississippi — one of the poorest states in the nation — no longer face a nearly 20-year-old state policy that made it difficult for them to get financial help paying for child care, officials and advocates said Monday.
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Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault
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Mon,05/08/23-12:40PM , 121 Reads
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Backwater flooding covers stretches of farm land on March 17, 2019, near Yazoo City, Miss. Federal officials presented a proposal Thursday, May 4, 2023, to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays amid disputes over potential environmental impacts. (AP Photo/Holbrook Mohr, File)

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Federal officials unveil flood plan for Mississippi Delta
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,05/04/23-4:45PM , 159 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal officials presented a proposal Thursday to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays amid disputes over potential environmental impacts.
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Rolls of razor wire line the top of the security fencing at the Raymond Detention Center in Raymond, Miss., Aug. 1, 2022. A man who escaped from the Mississippi jail on April 22, 2023, has been founded dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday, May 2. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Escaped Mississippi prisoner found dead in New Orleans
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Tue,05/02/23-5:51PM , 176 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday.
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