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The Mississippi 8 Conference (M8) is a high school athletic and activities conference in the Twin Cities area in Central Minnesota with 8 member high schools. The conference derives its name from 6 of the original 8 member schools being located within 10 miles from the Mississippi River.
Mississippi. Mississippi ( / ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIH-pee) [6] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest.
Jonathan Tate Reeves (born June 5, 1974) is an American politician serving since 2020 as the 65th governor of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, Reeves served as the 32nd lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020 and as the 53rd Mississippi State Treasurer from 2004 to 2012. Born in Florence, Mississippi, Reeves graduated ...
Recorded November 15, 2022. Cindy Hyde-Smith ( née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) [ 1] is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. [ 2] A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate .
The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [3] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.
The Mississippi River[b]is the primary riverand second-longest riverof the largest drainage basin in the United States. [c][15][16]From its traditional source of Lake Itascain northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km)[16]to the Mississippi River Deltain the Gulf of Mexico.
John Grisham. John Ray Grisham Jr. ( / ˈɡrɪʃəm /; born February 8, 1955) [1] [2] is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and ...
Nina Simone. Producer (s) Hal Mooney. " Mississippi Goddam " is a song written and performed by American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who later announced the anthem to be her "first civil rights song". [1] The song was released on her album Nina Simone in Concert in 1964, which was based on recordings from three concerts she gave at Carnegie ...