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There are sunny days ahead for the renewable energy industry in Mississippi. In September 2022, energy provider Entergy completed construction on a 100-megawatt, utility-scale solar farm — one of the first and largest in the state. Sunflower Solar Site sits...

A family takes pictures at the Art Garden in Jackson, Miss., on Oct. 29, 2023. The director of 2C Mississippi Dominika Parry says that parks like this contribute to the community by allowing space for various events and activities. Photo...

Graphic: Sedley Normand / The Daily Mississippian People with depression and anxiety have self-medicated with cannabis long before it was made medically legal in many states.  In a 2022 study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public...

As of April, there are nearly 200 certified medical cannabis practitioners – physicians, nurse practitioners or optometrists – registered with the Mississippi Department of Health. Practitioners with credentials are allowed to certify patients as eligible to purchase and use medical...

Sgt. Javier Hernandez holds a Pisos bag, one of many items in the police department's evidence locker containing confiscated marijuana. Pisos is a dispensary just blocks from campus at UNLV. Photo by Violet Jira A GATEWAY DRUG PROGRAM?  When Mississippi’s...

Photo by Katherine Butler. You may be a University of Mississippi student with at least one qualifying medical condition, you may have a written certification issued by a state-approved health care practitioner, you may have a registration card from the...

In a state where many residents find it challenging to access adequate medical care, the legalization of medical marijuana in Mississippi is an extraordinary development.  Patients suffering from 23 debilitating conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease and...

As a growing number of patients are procuring their registration cards to participate in Mississippi’s medical cannabis program, approximately 50 licensed cannabis cultivator companies are trying to navigate how to get their crops to consumers.  The industry is expected to...

As Mississippi’s first company to receive licensing for medical cannabis cultivation and processing in the state, Southern Crop and its relationship with its hometown of Meridian will be something to watch.  The company’s chief marketing officer, Yesenia Garcia, said the...

Legalization of medical marijuana in Mississippi this year may have been a bold move, but it was carefully considered.   Marijuana growers and retailers now racing to get products planted, processed and sold, as well as doctors and patients eager to...