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Senate overwhelmingly passes Mississippi medical marijuana
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/13/22-5:18PM , 1,050 Reads 19,431 Statewide
Sen. Kevin Blackwell recited Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” — “everybody must get stoned” — and passed out various sized hemp samples before the Senate on Thursday passed a long-debated Mississippi medical marijuana program.
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"Both my wife and I had health issues. Using marijuana helped us tremendously, it's what inspired us to open our business," Santita Delaney of Pearl, owner of Hemp World, said on May 25, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Senate vote on Mississippi medical marijuana bill expected Thursday. Here’s a look at the bill.
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/13/22-9:18AM , 795 Reads 15,059 Statewide
After years of debate and hang-fire, a Mississippi medical marijuana program for people with chronic and debilitating illnesses inched forward Wednesday, with a Senate committee passing a bill along to the full chamber.
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In addition to wearing masks, students practice social distancing throughout the Jefferson County school system. Some of math teacher Lakeshia Ford’s students participate in class from home via Zoom. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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House unveils their own massive teacher pay raise, tops Senate proposal
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/12/22-9:36AM , 664 Reads 14,108 Statewide
A day after the state Senate proposed the largest Mississippi teacher pay raise in decades, the House topped it with its own proposal that would increase all teachers by $4,000 to $6,000 a year and boost starting pay above both the Southeastern and national averages.
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From the south steps of the Capitol, Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder Angie Calhoun with supporters, makes a plea to the Governor to change his position on medical marijuana on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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As clock ticks, headwinds build against passage of Mississippi medical marijuana
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/10/22-10:54AM , 841 Reads 16,066 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

For some time after the Supreme Court shot down a vote of the people to create a Mississippi medical marijuana, it appeared fait accompli that lawmakers would enact a program, per the “will of the voters.”
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