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Arrest Report 3-8-23

Wed,03/08/23-11:31AM, 5,623 Reads
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between February 27 and March 4, 2023. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
2/27 Edwin Barritt, Hwy. 21, Forest, DUI Other; No Driver License; No Tag
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Breyer’s exit timely for Dems

Thu,01/27/22-9:18PM, 5,621 Reads 76,350 Statewide
For some time now, Democrats have been publicly and privately urging Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.
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Clarksdale's only hospital is located at 1970 Hospital Dr. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

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Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/05/21-5:03PM, 5,621 Reads 135,613 Statewide
A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid expansion before voters on the 2022 midterm ballot, hoping to override a recalcitrant Legislature and put expansion in the state constitution.
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House Ethics Committee confirms probe into Rep. Steven Palazzo’s campaign spending. What’s next?

By DANIEL NEWHAUSER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY DANIEL NEWHAUSER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,12/18/20-4:49PM, 5,609 Reads 101,056 Statewide
The House Ethics Committee has confirmed it’s probing U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo’s campaign spending, and Palazzo has hired former U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper — a longtime Ethics Committee member — as his lawyer in the probe.
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