Sen. Wicker Claims New Georgia Voter Restrictions ‘Expand Voting Opportunities’
Mississippi’s senior U.S. senator, Republican Roger Wicker, is defending a new Georgia law that political and business leaders across the country are comparing to Jim Crow laws that southern states historically used to disenfranchise Black voters.Â
Law Enforcement Groups Again Poised to Kill Criminal Justice Reform in Mississippi Legislature
As the last days of the 2021 legislative session quickly expire, long-sought efforts to achieve criminal-justice reform through the softening of stiff automatic penalties and expansions in parole eligibility look less and less likely to pass due largely to the late-hour dissension of the state’s law-enforcement organizations.