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The number of hospitalized Mississippi COVID-19 patients, patients in an ICU and patients on ventilators are at pandemic peaks.

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‘We cannot stretch anymore’: Hospital leaders on Mississippi Gulf Coast, a delta variant hotspot, share horror stories
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/13/21-3:30PM , 1,064 Reads 12,731 Statewide
People gasping for breath in hospital hallways. A 34-week pregnant woman losing her baby because she got the virus. Dozens of patients waiting in an emergency room for an intensive care unit bed to open up. A nurse working eight shifts in a row.
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The Pfizer vaccine is administered during a free COVID-19 vaccination event held at New Horizon Church International in partnership with the Mississippi State Department of Health, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in Jackson. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were available to those 12 years of age and older. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Gulf Coast business leaders, not the state, working to create vaccine lottery program
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/13/21-3:12PM , 860 Reads 11,005 Statewide
Gulf Coast business and casino leaders are doing what Mississippi government leaders have not: They are working to create a vaccine lottery-like program.
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TIM ISBELL/SUN HERALD The Amtrak Inspection Train arrives in Gulfport, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. The train ride began in New Orleans, making stops at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi Pascagoula before heading to Alabama and Florida. New funding is available that could bring back passenger service to South Mississippi.

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Federal board confirms it will decide future of Amtrak’s Gulf Coast passenger route
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,08/09/21-10:00AM , 604 Reads 8,942 Statewide
The federal board tasked with handling railway disputes has made its first decision in the Gulf Coast passenger route case: It denied freight rail’s petition to have Amtrak’s complaint thrown out.
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Ryan Miller is the director of Accelerate Mississippi, the state's first-ever workforce development office. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi has a workforce problem. New state agency Accelerate Mississippi aims to solve it.
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/29/21-5:00PM , 1,936 Reads 18,700 Statewide
Mississippi doesn’t have a clear workforce development plan yet, but the state has found its playbook’s author in Ryan Miller.
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