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Bringing Mississippians back home

Mississippi sits in the middle of the fastest-growing region in the country, yet its population keeps shrinking. The final episode of Don’t Look Around sets out to ask a harder question than why people leave: What would it take to turn this...

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Colom v. Hyde-Smith: When—and how—will this close contest be decided?

Editor’s note: As of 5:44 pm on Nov. 4, the Associated Press reported that Scott Colom’s lead has grown. With 96 percent of the votes counted, he now has 464,926 votes, or 49 percent, while Cindy Hyde-Smith has 463,788, or 48.9 percent. Ty...

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Colom pulls ahead of Hyde-Smith by 28 votes as Mississippi Senate race goes uncalled

Democrat Scott Colom moved ahead of Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 28 votes shortly after midnight Wednesday, leaving Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race too close to call with votes still being counted in counties across the state.

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