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US judge condemns Mississippi city's 'crime cancer' as he removes state justice from lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that requires him to appoint some judges in the capital city of Jackson, a federal judge wrote Thursday in a ruling that also condemned violence in the city. U.S. District Judge Henry...
Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's new restrictions on absentee ballots could disenfranchise voters who have disabilities by preventing them from receiving help from people they trust, according to a lawsuit that seeks to block the restrictions. The law — set to take effect July...
Mississippi hostage-taker killed after fatally shooting officer in 8-hour standoff
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — An intruder who went into a Mississippi home armed with three guns and wearing a bulletproof vest took a woman hostage and later shot two police officers, killing one and wounding the other during an eight-hour standoff Thursday that ended in his death, police said. ...
No sign of Mississippi governor fulfilling pledge on campaign funds tied to welfare case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Financial documents show no sign that Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has fulfilled his pledge to give away campaign donations from people charged with misspending welfare money in the state's largest public corruption case. Reeves, a Republican, became governor...
Mississippi Democrats improperly excluded candidate for governor, judge says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August because a judge ruled Friday that the party improperly excluded a candidate from the ballot. The state Democratic Party immediately filed notice that it will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court...
Federal judge extends temporary halt on appointed judges in Mississippi capital
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended his order that temporarily stops the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice from appointing judges in the capital city of Jackson and the county where it's located, both of which are majority-Black. U.S. District Judge Henry...
Mississippi sends National Guard to US-Mexico border, GOP governor says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he has mobilized a National Guard unit to help with security at the U.S. border with Mexico. “What happens at the border doesn’t stay there. Drugs and people are trafficked to every state in the nation —...
Democrat pledges ethics package in his challenge of Mississippi GOP governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat running for Mississippi governor said Tuesday that he will push legislators to enact an ethics package that includes limits on campaign donations, frequent disclosure about lobbyists' spending and a ban on former state officials quickly becoming lobbyists. ...
1 lawsuit over appointment of Mississippi judges dismissed, another case still alive
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has dismissed one lawsuit that challenges a new law dealing with appointment of judges in the majority-Black capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, but a separate lawsuit remains alive in federal court. In the ruling Monday,...
Order temporarily blocks appointed judges in mostly Black city and county in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked the appointment of four state court judges in the majority-Black county that is home to Mississippi's capital city — appointments that drew protests from local residents who said white state officials were stomping on civil...
