Tag: Mississippi state government
Mississippi to file arguments in landmark abortion case
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi attorney general’s office is expected to file briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to outline the state’s...
Case files on 1964 Civil Rights worker killings made public
JACKSON, Miss. — Never before seen case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers...
Jill Biden touts vaccine in poorly inoculated Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — First lady Jill Biden visited one of the states least vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday, encouraging residents of Mississippi to get...
Mississippi: Ex-lawmaker killed near home of slain relative
WATER VALLEY, Miss. — A former Mississippi lawmaker was found shot to death during the weekend in a rural area outside the burned home...
Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed
JACKSON, Miss. — Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because...
Transportation secretary to visit closed interstate bridge
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas that's been indefinitely closed after a...
Mississippi city honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi's capital city is honoring the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because...
Mississippi welfare payments increasing 3 months early
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is increasing the nation's lowest welfare payments three months earlier than expected, the state Department of Human Services said Friday.
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High court won’t block Mississippi school disparity lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will not get involved, for now, in a lawsuit that says Mississippi allows grave...