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Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces that residents who are 65 and older and those with preexisting conditions will now be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine during a press conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

More than 100,000 have had 1st vaccine dose in Mississippi

Associated Press

Gov. Tate Reeves responds to questions regarding the holiday social receptions his office planned at the Governor's Mansion, during his COVID-19 news briefing, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

State Supreme Court sides with governor on partial veto

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs encourages health care professionals to reject enticements to leave the state and stay in state and help its residents deal with covid issues, citing the state's needs for nurses and respiratory therapists, during the governor's covid news briefing, Dec. 1, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Analysis: Public health officials under strain amid pandemic

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves adjusts his &quot;Make America Great Again,&quot; face mask upon concluding his press briefing with members of the state's COVID-19 response team, to discuss the ongoing strategy to reduce and limit transmission, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Analysis: Politics infuse Mississippi governor’s budget plan

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves expresses his concern over the growing number of people testing positive with coronavirus statewide, during a press briefing with members of the state's COVID-19 response team, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi governor proposes phasing out state income tax

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves listens as state emergency management executive director Greg Michel speaks during his news briefing at the Mississippi Emergency Management Headquarters in Pearl, Miss., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tate Reeves, Miss. governor, slams Biden adviser’s lockdown proposal: ‘We will certainly fight that’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Officials issued warnings about downed power lines after one man was reported killed as Hurricane Zeta plowed across the South. (Associated Press)

Zeta kills 3 in South, weakens in northeast path

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the launch of a workforce training program for workers impacted by COVID-19, during his coronavirus press briefing, in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The ReSkill Mississippi Initiative is designed to help the economic issues brought on by the pandemic, by providing Mississippians who lost their jobs the opportunity to go through skills training at Mississippi community colleges. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi governor’s mask mandate expands to 16 counties

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, speaks during an event with President Donald Trump about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

After mandate repeal, masks required again in nine counties

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves listens as state emergency management executive director Greg Michel speaks during his news briefing at the Mississippi Emergency Management Headquarters in Pearl, Miss., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tate Reeves, Mississippi governor, imposes mask mandate

Associated Press

Mississippi names new Child Protection Servies commissioner

Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, speaks during an event with President Donald Trump about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mississippi governor ends statewide mask mandate

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves listens as state emergency management executive director Greg Michel speaks during his news briefing at the Mississippi Emergency Management Headquarters in Pearl, Miss., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tate Reeves letter abolishing mask mandate is forged, officials say

By Leah Willingham - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the launch of a workforce training program for workers impacted by COVID-19, during his coronavirus press briefing, in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The ReSkill Mississippi Initiative is designed to help the economic issues brought on by the pandemic, by providing Mississippians who lost their jobs the opportunity to go through skills training at Mississippi community colleges. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Attorneys: Mississippi gov properly vetoed parts of bills

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Commission member Frank Bordeaux asks a question during a meeting of the Mississippi State Flag Commission, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi recently retired the last state flag in the U.S. that included the Confederate battle emblem. The commissioners recommended a new design that does not include the emblem and includes the phrase, &quot;In God We Trust.&quot; The final recommended design will go on the November statewide ballot for voters to accept or reject. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Reeves backs insurance exec for new Mississippi GOP chairman

Associated Press

Jeremy Hamilton, a student at T.J. Harris Upper Elementary School in Meridian, Miss., does classwork on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Meridian students spent the first few weeks of the new year attending class virtually and returned to campus on Tuesday. (Bianca Moorman

Mississippi extends mask mandate, eases other virus rules

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves asks a question during a meeting of the State Board of Election Commissioners, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi's ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State Board of Election Commissioners on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Reeves: Virus outbreak during election year ‘unfortunate’

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

Mississippi gov: No plan for pardon in life sentence for pot

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Gov. Tate Reeves discusses his statewide order for people to wear masks in public amid a recent surge in cases of the new coronavirus during a COVID-19 press briefing, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Greg Michel and State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, also spoke and provided an update on the coronavirus and the state's ongoing strategy to limit transmission. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi extends mask mandate, other limits, by 2 weeks

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press