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Center Hill High School economics teacher Toni Coleman helps her senior class students Elijah Geis, from center left, David Vega and Jonathan Tate with their class project in Olive Branch Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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‘I was not expecting anything close to this:’ Teachers react to pay raise proposals
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/20/22-10:36AM , 1,652 Reads 17,127 Statewide
As the Legislature debates how to increase pay for Mississippi’s public school teachers, some educators and advocates say they are surprised and pleased by the proposals.
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Laurel resident Marlan Baucum, easily pushes over one of the many dying trees on his property. Baucum believes a disposal well not far from his home has contaminated the water table in the area, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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‘Quit is not in my vocabulary’: After his wife got cancer, this Mississippi man took oil companies to court
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/13/22-12:12PM , 791 Reads 13,986 Statewide
This Jones County couple believes that a government agency tasked with protecting Mississippians has failed to do so.

Driving down his curving, wooded street on the edges of Laurel, Marlan Baucum points to each house where a neighbor had cancer.
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The Jackson Women's Health Organization, located in Jackson, is the only abortion provider in the state. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Who gets abortions in Mississippi?
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/05/22-2:36PM , 613 Reads 9,629 Statewide
Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court hearing on a Mississippi law that challenges Roe v. Wade, Mississippi Today examined who is most likely to be impacted if abortion is prohibited or made more difficult to obtain.
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The Jackson Women's Health Organization, located in Jackson, is the only abortion provider in the state. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Who gets abortions in Mississippi?
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/05/22-2:36PM , 613 Reads 9,629 Statewide
Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court hearing on a Mississippi law that challenges Roe v. Wade, Mississippi Today examined who is most likely to be impacted if abortion is prohibited or made more difficult to obtain.
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