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Miss. inmate asks courts to stop execution
Condemned inmate Edwin Hart Turner's lawyer told a federal judge Friday that a corrections policy prevented Turner from getting tests that could prove he's mentally ill and ineligible for execution.

February 3, 2012
Universities say financial aid fund running short
Recipients of state scholarships could see their aid packages trimmed unless the Mississippi Legislature puts more money into financial aid.

February 3, 2012
Bryant aims to stretch Medicaid by payment changes
Gov. Phil Bryant wants to perform a magic trick of sorts: reform Mississippi's Medicaid program so that it doesn't cost any more state money next year. Program officials were expecting costs to increase by 16 percent.

February 3, 2012
Community colleges: cuts could mean higher fees
Leaders of Mississippi’s community college system said Wednesday that the 5.5 percent cut in their budget proposed by Gov. Phil Bryant could lead to higher tuition, bigger classes and more part-time instructors.

February 2, 2012
Lt. gov. agenda has ideas he discussed in campaign
First-term Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday he's supporting bills to create charter schools statewide and to require consolidating three school districts into one in Sunflower County.

February 2, 2012
Bryant's 1st Miss. budget carries 'lots of cuts'
Gov. Phil Bryant proposed Tuesday to cut state spending by $26 million to $5.49 billion in 2013 while also insisting on building $100 million in state reserves.

February 1, 2012
Bad info infuriated kin of pardoned man's victims
In another twist in the often confusing aftermath of pardons granted by former Gov. Haley Barbour on his way out of office, Mississippi corrections officials said Tuesday that victims' relatives were given bad information by the state that fanned their outrage.

February 1, 2012
Mississippi schools request more cash in lean state budget
Mississippi's top education official is asking for an additional $305 million for the coming year — a request he acknowledges is unlikely to be fulfilled.

February 1, 2012
Conoco Phillips appeals $15.2M Jones Co. verdict
A Jones County man waited too long to file a lawsuit claiming he got lung disease from exposure to workplace asbestos, attorneys told the Mississippi Supreme Court on Monday.

January 31, 2012
Miss. AG: Pardoned killer found in Wyoming
A convicted killer pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was in Wyoming with his fiancée and initially drove off when he was located Sunday by investigators seeking to serve him with a court summons, authorities said Monday.

January 31, 2012
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