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John Fielding,
CEO
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Mississippi's DSH and related programs served an important role in reducing the need for state general-fund dollars during an era of Medicaid growth and declining federal match rates.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Procedures are established in the Mississippi Headwaters Model Ordinance for the State of Minnesota to notify and advise compliance of governmental activities in the river corridor with the Mississippi Headwater Model Ordinance and Management Plan.
PURPOSE It is essential to regulate utility transmission crossings of lands within the jurisdiction of Mississippi River Corridor in order to provide maximum protection and preservation of the natural environment and to minimize any adverse effects which may result from such utility crossings.
The Upper Mississippi River Illinois Waterways Rehabilitation and Expansion Study will hopefully outline mitigation programs and identify restoration needs.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The prehistory of Mississippi generally coincides with the sequence established for much of that vast geographic region spanning the area from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, an area known as the Eastern Woodlands.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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We are situated directly across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter and walking distance to all main attractions via free 7 minute ferry ride.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Vicksburg was about the only place occupied by southern troops on the Mississippi River and if we should lose it, it would give the Yanks a free and open commerce from the lakes of the gulf.
Mississippi's current state flag was adopted in 1894, almost 30 years after slavery was abolished, to honor those who fought in the Civil War.
It was used during the war to smuggle black powder and supplies from Louisana to Mississippi after the Union Navy captured the River.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Jackson, Mississippi's police chief resigned Wednesday amid allegations that he coerced an interior decorator into sex during a buying trip for a new desk.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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It allowed the Mississippi Levee Board and the Mississippi River Commission to bring levees in the lower Delta up to standard, thus providing the entire Delta with what was seen as adequate flood protection.
The northern Mississippi embayment consists of two physiographic locations; the Mississippi Alluvial Plain to the west of the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coastal Plain to the east of the river as shown in the figure below.
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