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Fiery crowd caps redistricting hearings. Opponents urge: 'Leave our maps alone'
A Republican-dominated committee listened to speakers who shared their views on whether Mississippi should redraw its electoral maps, a move that could reshape the state’s political representation…
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6mGolf cart raises questions at Hinds DA’s office. Where did the money come from?
A golf cart bought by former Hinds DA Jody Owens could be part of a state audit looking into the finances of the district attorney’s office. The vehicle now sits in a corner of a courthouse parking lot after Owens resigned his post over the summer.
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10mChrista Pike is alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers say
Christa Pike was still alive a day after she survived Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder of a woman.
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6mFarm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North Mississippi
A North Mississippi farm worker died of extreme heat exposure in early September amid one of the hottest summers in recent state history.
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6mEconomic development chief leaves. Unemployment, workforce down: Mississippi Marketplace
Unemployment was down in the Gulfport-Biloxi, Hattiesburg and Jackson Metro areas month over month and year over year at 3%, 2.9% and 3% respectively, accompanied by decreases in the civilian labor force in all three areas.
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2mTrump nominates Jackson-based lawyer Todd Butler to federal appeals court
President Donald Trump has nominated Todd Butler, a labor and employment lawyer with Phelps Dunbar, to replace Judge Leslie Southwick on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.