Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Removing Confederate Symbol From State Flag
(CN) — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed a bill officially retiring the Confederate symbol that has been sewed
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Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag
Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.
Read moreMississippi Takes Step Toward Dropping Rebel Image From Flag
Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took a big step toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.
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Cristobal Weakens to Tropical Depression in South
Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm Sunday in Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.
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Mississippi Church Suing on Virus Restrictions Burns Down
A church in Mississippi was destroyed by a suspected arson fire, about a month after its pastor filed a lawsuit challenging the city of Holly Springs on gathering restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Read moreFederal Judge Spurns Church’s Quick Request to Defy Covid-19 Order
Following a video made by a Mississippi church where its congregation crowded into a nearby Walmart, a federal judge refused to expedite a request to halt the city of Holly Springs’ ban on in-service religious gatherings, calling the church’s actions “highly reckless.”
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Brett Favre Repaying $1.1 Million to Mississippi
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said Wednesday.
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Justice Department Takes Church’s Side in 1st Amendment Suit
The Justice Department took the rare step on Tuesday of weighing in on the side of a Mississippi Christian church where local officials had tried to stop Holy Week services broadcast to congregants sitting in their cars in the parking lot.
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Mississippi Court Refuses to Toss 12-Year Sentence for Contraband Cellphone
An attorney for a Mississippi man sentenced to 12 years for possessing a cellphone in jail said Friday he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, after the state’s high court refused to reconsider the punishment.
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Trump Taps Mississippi Judge for Seat on Fifth Circuit
President Donald Trump on Monday announced plans to nominate a Mississippi Court of Appeals judge who previously served as a Republican state lawmaker to a long-vacant seat on the Fifth Circuit.
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Mississippi Judge Shot, Critically Wounded Near Courthouse
A judge has been shot and critically wounded outside a courthouse in Mississippi, police said.
Read moreCorporal Punishment
A mother asked a federal judge to enjoin the Pearl (Miss.) Public School District from inflicting corporal punishment on children with disabilities.
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Mississippi Republicans Try to Clamp Down on Abortion
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to enforce for the past two years.
Read moreConstitution
Donna Harris, a personal fitness trainer with a master’s degree in occupational therapy, claims the Mississippi State Board of Health enforces an unconstitutional policy that prohibits her from charging clients for her weight-loss program, in federal court.
Read moreMississippi Man Convicted in Shooting Deaths of 8 People
A Mississippi jury has convicted a man in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, including some of his own relatives and a deputy sheriff who responded to a domestic disturbance call.
Read moreFifth Circuit Strikes Down Mississippi’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday once again blocked Mississippi’s persistent efforts to usher in some of the nation’s most sweeping abortion restrictions, striking down a controversial ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat has been detected – around six weeks of pregnancy.
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Flooded Mississippians Still Can’t Return Home
Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging the misery for worried people who still can’t get back to their homes.
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Hundreds Flee Floods in Mississippi Capital
The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in the Jackson area not to rush back home until they get the all clear, and a forecast of more rain put counties farther south at risk of flooding.
Read moreTennessee & Mississippi Drowning in Floods
Days of heavy rain have created a dilemma for authorities managing dams along swollen rivers in Mississippi and Tennessee. The water has to be released eventually, worsening the flooding for people living downstream.
Read moreFloods Put Mississippi Capital in ‘Precarious Situation’
With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and more rain on the way this week, the governor warned residents that it would be days before flood waters start to recede.
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