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No charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials say

In a statement, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says her office completed its review into the May incident and presented it to a grand jury — who handed up the decision.

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Civil Rights Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court To Strike Down Mississippi's Jim Crow–Era Felon Voting Ban

A broad coalition of civil rights groups and think tanks, including Reason Foundation, say that Mississippi's "mandatory, permanent, and effectively irrevocable" voting ban for certain offenders violates the Constitution.

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Mississippi Cops Buried a Missing Man. His Family Only Found Out When NBC News Revealed It.

An NBC investigation revealed how Jackson, Mississippi, police keep burying people in pauper's graves after failing to inform their families about their deaths.

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Battle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city

Constitutional rights are at the center of a legal fight over a state-run court in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson

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Maternal mortality rate is much higher for Black women than white women in Mississippi, study says

Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi’s population

The Independent UK

Voting rights groups push for answers from Mississippi election officials about ballot shortages

Voting rights groups say election officials in Mississippi’s largest county have failed to provide enough information about the problems that led to polling precincts running out of ballots

The Independent UK

Fabian Nelson, Mississippi’s first openly gay legislator: ‘I’m staying true to my constituents’

Nelson, who surveyed people door-to-door, is prioritizing Medicaid, education and high-speed internet for all households

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Mississippi Supreme Court delays decision on whether to set execution date for man on death row

The Mississippi Supreme Court has temporarily delayed ruling on whether to set an execution date for a man on death row for capital murder

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Mississippi Sheriff Insists He Was Oblivious to His Drug Warriors' Long Pattern of Brutality

Years before a federal case shined a light on the problem, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should have known something was amiss.

Reason

Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows

Most people in Mississippi’s county jails have been held at least three months while waiting to go on trial

The Independent UK

Ballot shortages are rare in U.S. elections, but here's why they sometimes happen

Sometimes polling places run out of ballots for voters. It's rare, but it happens. It happened in Mississippi earlier this month, causing serious issues for voters. Here's a look at why it happens.

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Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi

A Black former delivery driver who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a chase in Mississippi has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his former employer, FedEx

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Which states have the highest police officer salaries?

Nationally, police and sheriff’s patrol officers earn higher annual wages on average than high school teachers, firefighters, and paramedics, with officers in California earning the most.

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Murder and arson charges in killing of former Mississippi lawmaker dropped

Former state Rep Ashley Henley, 40, was shot outside the burned-out mobile home in a rural area where her sister-in-law, Kristina Michelle Jones, was found dead in December 2020

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Mississippi drops charges in killing of former state lawmaker but says new charges are possible

Mississippi prosecutors have dismissed indictments against a man in the shooting death of a former state lawmaker and the earlier burning of a building

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Jamie Lynn Spears emotionally recalls being told she’d be ‘horrible mother’ after getting pregnant at 15

‘Everybody thought I was going to be a horrible mum,’ actor recalls

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29 state legislative incumbents lose re-election bids in 2023

In 2023, 29 state legislative incumbents lost their re-election bids: 13 in general elections and 16 in primaries. This was more than in 2021 (22) but fewer than in 2019 (31).

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Thanksgiving weather forecast: Heavy rain and snow threaten to derail busiest travel week

East Texas, Louisiana, and western Mississippi will bear the brunt of the severe weather on Monday, before the Midwest, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, and the North East are hit by possible heavy rains, thunderstorms, and snow on Tuesday

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Mississippi man killed by police SUV receives funeral months after first burial in paupers' cemetery

A Mississippi man who was struck and killed by a police SUV in March has now received a funeral and burial attended by family and friends

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“This music was born out of pain and suffering. It wasn’t all about guitar solos or ‘my baby left me’! That’s where a lot of people go wrong”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on why the future of blues guitar requires an understanding of its past

The Mississippi blues phenom draws on influences ranging from past masters to Eric Gales and Prince alike – and he says to play the blues, you've got to know where it came from

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Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish

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Mississippi's capital city is considering a unique plan to slash water rates for poor people

The manager of the long-troubled water system in Missisisppi’s capital city has proposed a slight rate increase

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The best river cruises around the world for 2026

Take a tour of the world’s most famous waterways including the Danube and the Nile River on your next holiday

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Mississippi man had ID in his pocket when he was buried without his family's knowledge

A prominent civil rights lawyer says Mississippi authorities buried a Black man in a paupers cemetery without notifying his family after he was killed by a police SUV, even though he had ID in his pocket

Reason

Mississippi Makes It a Crime to Advertise Legal Medical Marijuana Businesses

Clarence Cocroft filed a lawsuit this week challenging the state's virtual ban on advertising medical marijuana businesses, arguing the law violates his First Amendment rights.

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