Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Teen Killer
The justices rejected an appeal from a Mississippi man who was convicted of killing his grandfather when he was 15.
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Mississippi Wetlands
Environmental groups claim in federal court that the Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a massive pumping plant that would drain Mississippi wetlands was based on a flawed environmental analysis rejected by the EPA.
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Years Later, Chickasaw Remains Returning to Mississippi Home
A man and a woman were found buried among wolf teeth and turtle shells. Other graves contained mothers and infants. Some tribal members were laid to rest with beloved dogs.
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Covid Vaccines Open to All Mississippi Adults
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced all adults in the state are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine beginning Tuesday.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Ban on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports
Supporters of the measure argue it protects women and girl athletes by ensuring they are not forced to compete against athletes born male, but critics say lawmakers have not identified any instance of that happening.
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Jail Employment
The Fifth Circuit dismissed a class action suit in which 890 current and former Mississippi prison system employees claimed they were not paid proper minimum wages or overtime compensation. The Fair Labor Standards Act preempts redundant state law tort claims when the state’s law does not provide for minimum wages and overtime compensation.
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Mississippi Voters Approve New Magnolia-Inspired Flag
Mississippians on Tuesday overwhelming approved a new state flag design featuring the magnolia flower to replace the 126-year-old Confederate-themed battle flag brought down by lawmakers this summer amid calls for racial justice and equality.
Read moreTackled Attorney
An attorney tackled to the ground and dragged out of the Lowndes County courthouse by a security guard for refusing to walk through a metal detector may sue the county for failing to hire sufficiently trained law enforcement officers, a federal judge ruled.
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Hurricane Sally Slowly Rolls Toward Mississippi-Alabama Line
New Orleans moved out of Hurricane Sally’s path Tuesday morning as the Category 1 storm crept slowly east toward Mississippi and Alabama, prompting calls for evacuation over flash flooding concerns as forecasters predict up to 2 feet of rain.
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Sally Expected to Make Landfall Along Gulf Coast as Category 1 Hurricane
Tropical Storm Sally, the earliest S-named storm on record in the Atlantic, is expected to slow down over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday evening before strengthening into a hurricane Tuesday with life-threatening storm surge along the Gulf Coast, including metropolitan New Orleans.
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No 7th Trial for Mississippi Man Freed From Prison in 2019
A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer had any credible witnesses.
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Mississippians Set to Vote on Final Flag Design
A commission on Wednesday chose a new Mississippi state flag design featuring the magnolia flower to replace the Confederate-themed flag brought down by lawmakers two months ago in response to nationwide calls for racial equality.
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Five Flag Designs Make Final Cut in Mississippi
Mississippi is one step closer to picking a new state flag after a commission on Tuesday advanced five final designs from the thousands of submissions received to replace the Confederate-themed flag brought down by lawmakers in June amid nationwide calls for racial justice.
Read moreToxic Cleanup
The D.C. Circuit upheld the EPA’s addition of the Rockwell International Wheel & Trim facility in Grenada, Mississippi, to the National Priorities List identifying hazardous waste sites in urgent need of environmental cleanup.
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26 Mississippi Lawmakers Have the Coronavirus
Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight.
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8 Mississippi Lawmakers Test Positive for Covid-19
At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after working several weeks in the Capitol, where many people stood or sat close together and did not wear masks.
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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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