Voting Rights Restoration For 32 Mississippians Advances After Broader Suffrage Bill Fails
Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday.
Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday.
The Senate dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, calling the Republican effort “unconstitutional.”
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies.
After a Lexington police officer ran over a Black teen, city officials say no dashcam or body cam footage of Kadarius Smith’s death exists.
The Mississippi Youth Media Project is seeking to fill summer 2024 positions
Donald Trump arrived in New York for jury selection in his hush-money trial, the start of the first criminal trial of an ex-president in U.S. history.
A Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department that warned of imminent flooding in a subdivision near Yazoo City on Wednesday turned out to be misinformed.
The Arizona Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions.
Protesters held a rally at the governor’s mansion in Jackson, Miss., on April 9, 2024, calling for Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey to resign.
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