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Lawsuit: Mississippi violates rights by appointing judges

Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a law that requires some judges to be appointed rather than elected in the state’s majority-Black capital city and its surrounding county

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Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules

A Mississippi judge has ruled that retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money

The Independent UK

WATCH: A yellow Labrador retriever puppy named ‘Brewski’ drains a long putt on a Mississippi golf course

Brewski and his owner, Chance Crawford, have been known to spend some time on this golf course in Houston, Mississippi.

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Erin Napier's easy-to-copy paint trick can make plain rooms look architecturally 'unforgettable', she says

The Home Town designer reminds us that, with the right tones, traditional homes are anything but boring – here's how to recreate her style far beyond Mississippi

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The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson

The NAACP says "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department.

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NAACP sues Mississippi over 'separate and unequal policing'

The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a state-run police department

The Independent UK

Mississippi OKs more state policing in mostly Black city

Mississippi's Republican governor has signed a bill to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson

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Former WWE Star Ted DiBiase Jr. Charged in Mississippi Welfare Scandal

He faces more than a dozen charges for stealing funds set aside for underprivileged families and low-income people in Mississippi.

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A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud

Companies run by former professional wrestler Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. received "sham contracts" in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money, according to a new federal indictment.

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Former wrestler charged in Mississippi welfare fraud case

A new federal indictment says companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S. The indictment of former wrestler Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr. was unsealed Thursday,…

The Independent UK

State supreme courts issued 91 opinions from April 10-16

State supreme courts issued 91 opinions from April 10-16, 2023. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the North Dakota Supreme Court led the field with nine opinions each, followed by Delaware and Mississippi with seven each.

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Default Judgment in Libel Case: No More "Lucy and the Football"

From Judge Carlton Reeves' decision today in Andreacchio v. Yax (S.D. Miss.): Plaintiff Rae Andreacchio is the mother of Christian Andreacchio, a young man who allegedly "died under suspicious circumstances" in 2014. She resides in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, where she is a mental health service provider. Defendant Karen Yax is…

Reason

Insurance losses from Mississippi tornado nearing $100M

The Mississippi Insurance Department says insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number

The Independent UK

Sheriff: Arrest warrant moot for kidnapping of Emmett Till

A Mississippi sheriff says in a new court filing that there’s no point in serving an arrest warrant on a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping that led to the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till

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When Are Slurs and Vulgarities Defamation?

The Mississippi Court of Appeals splits 5-4 on the subject.

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Mississippi city faces tough road rebuilding after tornado

A tornado that carved a path of destruction through the Mississippi Delta last month destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses and killed 13 people in Rolling Fork

The Guardian - UK

Essex police examine golly doll pub landlord’s ‘racist’ Facebook posts

Officers to look at comments by Christopher Ryley, who apparently joked about Mississippi lynchings next to doll images

The Guardian - US

Spencer Haywood: the NBA star who opened the door for generations of prodigies

The basketball legend whose legal case improved the landscape for generations of young stars may finally be getting his due in history with a forthcoming biopic

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Pub landlord in golli*** row joked about US lynchings and posted far-right propaganda on Facebook

‘They used to hang them in Mississippi,’ Chris Ryley commented on photo of dolls dangling from wooden beam

Ballotpedia

Absentee/mail-in ballot return deadlines in 2023 elections

Eight states—Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington—are holding statewide elections this year. Rules governing who can return completed absentee/mail-in ballots vary by state. Absentee/mail-in voting is voting that does not happen in person on Election Day but instead occurs another way, usually by mail. All states…

Zenger

Flash Flooding Remains An Ongoing Concern In Southern US

It will rain in the lower Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, flooding areas where there has already been enough rain.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: America's decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems

Years of widening economic inequality, compounded by the pandemic and political storm and stress, have given Americans the impression that the country is on the wrong track. Now there's empirical data to show just how far the country has run off the rails: Life expectancies have been falling.

Tribune News Service

Mississippi senator plans to block Biden judicial nominee

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Tuesday she will formally block a judicial nominee from Mississippi, leaning on a contentious committee tradition that gives senators a de facto veto over appointments to district court seats in their home states.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit against Favre should be dismissed, attorneys argue

Attorneys for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre say the civil lawsuit against him that seeks to recover misspent welfare money in Mississippi’s largest-ever public corruption case should be dismissed

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Mississippi senator plans to block Biden judicial nominee - Roll Call

Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says she will formally block a judicial nominee from Mississippi, using a Senate panel tradition.

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