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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in central Mississippi and the state’s Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday to resolve two judicial races in which no candidate received the vote majority needed in the Nov. 5 general election to avoid a runoff. At stake are seats...
Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi's felony voting ban is cruel and unusual
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi's Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, attorneys say in new court papers. Most of the people...
Court says it's ending dispute over Mississippi airport board but city officials disagree
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it is ending a long-running dispute over whether the state of Mississippi or its capital, Jackson, will control the city's airport board. The decision Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could...
Mississippi governor intent on income tax cut even if states receive less federal money
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will continue pushing lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even with the possibility of federal spending cuts that could affect states after Donald Trump begins his second term as president. ...
Former Florida college student charged in the death of a baby found in a trash can
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida college student is facing several charges in the death of her newborn infant, whose body was found wrapped in a towel in a trash can. Investigators said Friday that Brianna Moore, 19, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution because of the right of privacy. ...
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Mississippi death row inmate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who was convicted of killing a high school student by running her over with a car, but the inmate still has a separate appeal underway in a federal district court. ...
Ed Pittman dies at 89 after serving in all three branches of Mississippi government
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Edwin Lloyd “Ed” Pittman, who served in all three branches of Mississippi government before retiring as chief justice of the state Supreme Court, has died. He was 89. Pittman died Wednesday at his home in the Jackson suburb of Ridgeland, according to the...
A Mississippi town moves a Confederate monument that became a shrouded eyesore
GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's enduring division over how to commemorate the past. ...
Mississippi high court rejects the latest appeal by a man on death row since 1994
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years after he was convicted of killing two college students. The decision could clear the way for the state to set an execution date for Willie Jerome...
