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David Sellers is a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo, on
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a 1924 Mississippi law that required naturalized citizens to show proof of citizenship in order to vote. Both the plaintiffs and the defendants, including the Mississippi secretary of state, asked for the dismissal after the Legislature adopted a new law this spring that addresses concerns immigrant and voting rights groups raised.
Hunter Avery is a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District on June 7, 2022.
Mark Strauss is a candidate in the Republican Party primary for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District on June 7, 2022.
Candidates in Mississippi’s 4th U.S. Congressional District debated the 2020 election and their views on voting rights and elections during a forum in Hattiesburg on May 19, 2022.
Former Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering has abruptly resigned from his role as executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board, though neither he nor the agency have explained his departure.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said on May 9, 2022, that “the Mississippi House of Representatives would not move legislation banning contraceptives forward,” describing concerns over the possibility in the event of the overturn of Roe v. Wade as left-wing “scaremongering.” But in 2011, Gunn endorsed the Personhood Amendment, a ballot initiative 58% of voters rejected that would have banned all abortions in addition to endangering several forms of contraception, such as IUDs and Plan B.
A Mississippi federal judge, Carlton W. Reeves, could soon become the first Black chair of the United States Sentencing Commission after President Joe Biden announced a slate of nominees on Wednesday.
Former Pearl River Central High School art teacher Catherine Bass said she left teaching after the administration warned her she could be fired for discussing her LGBTQ identity with students. The administration said it was “inappropriate” for her to tell students she was pansexual.
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