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"$32 million" for a whole lot of nothing, claims lawsuit. 

Mockingbird Cannabis rolled into Mississippi a few years ago as the medical marijuana industry became a reality.  Company officials talked big about hiring Mississippi employees and recruiting a stable of Mississippi investors.  However, a group of investors recently sued current and former officials of the company, alleging they treated their investments as a slush fund while looting the company.

 The city of Jackson provided the following update on Thalia Mara Hall on its website. 

There’s a real chance we could see school choice in Mississippi. Thanks to our new school funding formula, each public school student in our state now has a personalized budget designed to meet their individual education needs. Why not let families take their personalized budget to a school of their choice?

 Live from the cafeteria staffed by Sodexo, it's JSU Friday Morning Raw!!!

 Old memories from an old guy....

 Good job, morons, good job.  

Meet Cleetus McFarland.  He is doing the Lord's work in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene devastated the region.   Helicopter  pilots such as McFarland are providing their own version of the Berlin Airlift as they deliver supplies to areas cut off by the devastation and rescue those who need it.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 Whither will Mississippi go? The Empower Podcast will attempt to answer this question as host Grant Callen interviews none other than Princeps Senatus Delbert Hosemann.  Check out the podcast posted below.  

 State Senator John Horhn will announce he is running for Mayor of Jackson today. 

 The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement.

 The Madison Police Department  issued the following statement.  

 Former Jackson Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee will not be sentenced in November for her bribery conviction.  The docket in her case states: 

 The past is never dead, it's not even past.

The Faulkner truism applies today, even to Smith-Wills Stadium.  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is fond of saying the city of Jackson built Smith-Wills Stadium when discussing the state's termination of the lease for the property, thus implying the state is getting something for nothing.   However, the federal government, not the city of Jackson, paid for the construction of the stadium just as it paid for nearly almost all of the construction for Jackson's airport.  

There’s something comforting about a Saturday night in a Mississippi catfish house. The smell of catfish frying, and the familiar buzz of friendly voices make one feel as if you’re exactly where you are supposed to be in that moment. My wife and I were at Cuevas Fish House in Purvis after a full day of football viewing, but this time, it wasn’t the catfish or hush puppies that caught my attention. It was the busser.

 Ole Miss students are doing their best to boost American birthrates.  

Former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwin Lloyd Pittman was an effective, honorable and influential Mississippi public servant whose views and actions changed – particularly on the issue of race – as those of his constituents changed.

Never let it be said Ty Pinkins won't campaign anywhere or anytime in his bid to unseat Senator Roger Wicker.

 Annie Oeth authored the following press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

Exhibit A: The film studio under construction at the old Metrocenter.  WLBT reported: 

 The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is investigating Clarke County Sheriff Andrew Chancellor for domestic violence.  MBI issued the following statement: 

Check out what the state's expert witness is trying to charge for his services.