A college football player at Mississippi’s Jackson State University collapsed with cardiac arrest after complaining of stomach pains on Wednesday, according to reports.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/02/17/jackson-state-football-player-suddenly-collapses-with-cardiac-arrest-now-in-a-coma/

A key priority for our Fellows is to build on the success of Mississippi’s reading gains and apply the lessons learned to achieve other policy priorities.

Source: https://jacksonadvocateonline.com/tony-porter-named-teach-plus-mississippi-policy-fellow/

But the unspoken tensions that only simmered in the past boiled over into outright hostility and sabotage once Mississippi’s capital turned Black—first in its demographics, and then in its political leadership.

Source: https://jacksonadvocateonline.com/broken-by-design-a-special-report-on-the-declining-federal-funding-that-left-jacksons-water-system-at-the-mercy-of-conservative-state-politicians/

Central Mississippi’s 75-mile yard sale is set for Saturday April 1, 2023 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Source: https://www.breezynews.com/local/central-mississippis-60-mile-long-yard-sale-picking-35-set-for-april-2

It makes Mississippi’s 15-week ban look relatively moderate in comparison, which is like praising Khrushchev because he wasn’t as bad as Stalin.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/opinion/leaked-documents-desantis-biden-budget.html

Kasem on Mississippi’s Christmas Station – Cruisin’ 98.3.

Source: https://www.breezynews.com/local/casey-kasem-holiday-countdowns-now-on-mississippis-christmas-station-cruisin-98-3

Mississippi’s flu rate has nudged downward after holding steady for three weeks in a row.

Source: https://www.breezynews.com/local/flu-season-update-fewer-cases-in-most-of-ms

Mississippi’s medical marijuana program started around the beginning of the year as well.

Source: https://arktimes.com/news/cannabiz/2023/03/03/attorney-general-office-shuts-down-discussion-of-pre-rolls-and-advertising

Mississippi’s violent crime rate was 277 per 100,000 people, the 15th lowest in the country, well below the national average of 375.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/6-shot-dead-in-small-mississippi-town-suspect-in-custody

On Friday, June 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not consider a case challenging Mississippi’s practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of some crimes.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/30/supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-mississippis-jim-crow-era-ban-on-voting-after-some-felonies/

That figure is nearly double Mississippi’s roughly 19% rate and triple the nation’s nearly 12% rate.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/05/mississippi-death-toll-from-march-tornado-climbs-to-22/

The national NAACP organization suggested the checkpoint wasn’t “an accident” and cited Mississippi’s history of racist voter intimidation as a historical precedent.

Source: https://newsone.com/4787577/mississippi-voter-intimidation-reported/

Yet one of the plums of the upcoming class, Mississippi’s Jamonta Waller, added insult to injury when the nation’s No. 5 edge rusher flipped his commitment to Auburn during the LSU game.

Source: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/11/12/florida-football-gators-lsu-tigers-austin-armstrong-jayden-daniels-billy-napier-trevor-etienne/