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Federal Judge Suspends Executions in Mississippi
Two Death Row inmates argued that the state's lethal injection protocol is "chemical torture."
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Hundreds march for flag change in Mississippi
One Flag For All rally held in Jackson in support of effort to change state flag.
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Mississippi River Basin Gets A Grade Of D+
A group that measures river basin health cited the poor condition of infrastructure such as locks and dams, among other things, on what it says is the world's fourth-largest watershed.
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Mississippi Flag, a Rebel Holdout, Is in a New Fight
The Confederate battle flag is not simply flying in one hotly disputed spot at the State Capitol but occupying the upper left corner of the state flag, which has been flying since 1894.
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Round Island Lighthouse to be Pascagoula's Icon
At 4:49 p.m. Friday, Pascagoula turned on the lantern at the top of the Round Island Lighthouse, the city's new icon.
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This Is What They Did For Fun
The Story Of A Modern-Day Lynching. By Albert Samaha.
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Da Art of Storytellin’ (A Prequel)
I didn’t fully understand or feel inspired by Grandmama’s stank or freshness until years later, when I heard the albums ATLiens and Aquemini from those Georgia-based artists called OutKast. By Kiese Laymon.
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Dollar General seeks tribal suit ban in Mississippi Choctaw case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will take up a Mississippi case that challenges whether non-Indians can be sued in American Indian courts... By Jeff Amy.
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Man accused of killing two Mississippi police officers found dead
A suspect in the fatal shooting of two Mississippi police officers has died after he was found unresponsive in his cell, authorities said. Marvin Banks faced two counts of capital murder charges in the deaths of Hattiesburg officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate in May. Banks was found unconscious in his cell, where emergency crews performed CPR, said investigator Nick Calico of the Forrest County Sheriff's Department. He was rushed to a hospital...
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Tornadoes Slam Alabama, Mississippi, But No Deaths Reported
Another round of severe weather hit the South, where at least nine tornadoes have been reported.
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In This Poor Mississippi Town, Teacher Assistant Is a Coveted Job. It Pays $9 an Hour
Every weekday morning, Jasmine Riley, a single parent, drops her three children off at day care and school by 7:30 a.m. so she can start a long day as a teaching assistant at Greenville’s McBride Pre-K Academy. Many afternoons, she has only an hour and a half to spend with her kids... By Miriam Hall. (Jan. 21)
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The Revival of Segregation in Mississippi
My father grew up in the pre-integration South, and when I was young, he would occasionally tell me stories about the horrors of segregation… By Mark Joseph Stern.
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Mississippi gov. signs law allowing service denial to gays
Mississippi's governor signed a law on Tuesday that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the employers' religious beliefs. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523, despite opposition from gay-rights groups and some businesses who say it enables discrimination. Some conservative and religious groups support the bill.
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Mississippi Jails Are Losing Inmates, And Local Officials Are ‘Devastated’ By The Loss Of Revenue
County officials across Mississippi are warning of job losses and deep deficits as local jails are being deprived of the state inmates needed to keep them afloat. The culprit, say local officials, is state government and private prisons, which are looking to boost their own revenue as sentencing and drug-policy reforms are sending fewer bodies into the correctional system. By Ryan Grim.
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The Art of Distillation
“The officers made their way down to the pair of moonshiners and went through the typical rigmarole of an arrest, everything they’d been taught. But before they started busting up the still with the axes they’d brought along, Rusty Hanna said something that caused all parties to freeze: ‘Now we’re gonna cook some whiskey.’” By Phil McCausland.
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Disunion: Rumors of Revolt
Ever since Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860, rumors of a slave insurrection had been growing along the plantations in the lower Mississippi River Valley.
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Planned Parenthood wins suit to block Mississippi law
A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that banned the state's Medicaid program from spending money with any health care provider that offers abortions. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III ruled Thursday in a lawsuit filed in mid-June by two Planned Parenthood affiliates. The law took effect July 1. Jordan said every court to consider similar laws has found they violate the "free-choice-of-provider" provision of federal law. Medicaid is paid by federal and state dollars.
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[Mississippi] Legislature: All our contracts are secret
House panel adopts new policy limiting access to legislative contracts while claiming it adds transparency. By Kate Royals.
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Did the EPA Prosecute and Jail a Mississippi Lab Owner Because of Her Activism?
Tennie White’s work as an activist forced big corporations to clean up the messes they made in African-American communities. So the EPA put her in jail. By Sharon Lerner.
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Nation’s first transgender killing of 2017 is in Mississippi
An LGBT advocacy group said Madison County’s first homicide of 2017 is also the nation’s first transgender homicide this year. Madison County spokesman Heath Hall said authorities received a call about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday about a possible death. Coroner Alex Breeland said the body of Omario Caldwell, also known as Mesha Caldwell, was found on Heindl Road near Old Yazoo City Road. He confirmed the death is a homicide but would not release a cause pending autopsy.
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