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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 8 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown ...
How a Spanish land grant from the 1700s is affecting present-day Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGrant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at...
Izaak Walton League, USFWS celebrate 100 years of Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoIn the 1920s, Will Dilg learned of a plan to drain the backwaters of the Mississippi River near...
Medical cannabis changes coming next month in Mississippi
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 10 hours agoPatients will be able to get a month’s supply in one trip come July 1, and the research program at Ole Miss looks to provide better treatment options. A change to the way Mississippi ...
St. Paul Downtown Alliance seeks to double in size, hire a prosecutor for quality-of-life crimes
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoIn St. Paul, organizers of a Downtown Improvement District have officially petitioned the city to...
Redistricting Lawsuit North Carolina
Anacortes American· 19 hours agoFILE - The North Carolina state House reviews copies of a map proposal for new state House districts during a committee hearing at the Legislative Office...
Juneteenth’s Meaning Takes New Shape 3 Years After Federal Recognition
AARP· 5 hours ago“And a lot of people who practice Juneteenth caught it early on as it migrated out, mostly in the...
These are the best, worst states for LGBTQ equality, report finds
The Hill· 6 days agoA map, created by Out Leadership for its 2024 equality report, shows where LGBTQ+ rights are...
Best doughnut shops in Missouri, Kansas according to Yelp’s ‘Elite Squad’
WDAF via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoReleased just ahead of National Doughnut Day, the best doughnut in each state was also determined...
The 988 rollout remains uneven two years later
Axios· 2 days agoAlmost two years after the debut of a revamped national suicide hotline, its promise of a quicker, more seamless crisis response across the country is still a work in progress. Why it matters ...
