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Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 26 minutes agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative...
Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 20 hours agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can...
Torsheta Jackson, Author at Mississippi Free Press - Page 2 of 12
Mississippi Free Press· 1 day agoTorsheta Jackson is MFP's education-equity reporter, in collaboration with Report for America. She...
Mississippi’s new laws include education formula, Medicaid eligibility, retirement reform
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoAs of July 1, 406 pieces of legislation will pass into Mississippi state law. Bills such as a...
Fourth of July scorcher set for a quarter of the United States
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 51 minutes agoA huge swath of the United States will experience dangerously high temperatures on Wednesday - just...
Federal judge halts Mississippi law requiring age verification for websites
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 days agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a Mississippi law that would require users...
2024 MLB Mock Draft: Healthy JJ Wetherholt goes No. 1, Cardinals use highest pick in decades on high...
CBS Sports· 1 hour agoThe 2024 MLB Draft is a little less than two weeks away. Three years ago, MLB pushed the draft back...
PRESS ROOM: Jackson State University launches pioneering Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to...
Afro· 3 days agoThe program offers students and their families a significant promise: if post-graduation income is...
Mississippi Hits Record Employment, But Many Aren’t Working
Mississippi Free Press· 7 days agoMississippi reached record-low unemployment in an economic report on Tuesday, drawing boasts from...
Why did MS officials use state plane to interview inmate in Tennessee? They won’t say.
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoMississippi Department of Corrections used the state airplane last year to travel to Tennessee to...