The Jackson City Council passed a resolution calling House Bill 1020 an “unconstitutional” effort that “would deprive the citizens of Jackson of their right to elect judges according to the Mississippi Constitution.”
A detainee who had been awaiting trial for 18 months died in the Hinds County Detention Center, officials revealed on Monday, Feb. 6.
“[A]s the invaluable Mississippi Free Press tells us, the Lost Cause is still making mischief.” – Esquire Magazine MFP Impact, Awards and Media Coverage – 2023
“Without a free press, you won’t know about the continued attempts to disempower everyday Mississippians,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
Mississippi House Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, is sponsoring a bill to establish a court system with unelected judges and prosecutors to oversee Jackson’s Capitol district.
R.C. Anderson, 65, went to prison more than 40 years ago after he drove his car to a house his friends burglarized in Madison County. He did not learn of the legal provision to erase the crime from his records until recently.
“At least six countries and a flurry of private companies have publicly announced more than 250 missions to the Moon to occur within the next decade,” Attorney Michelle L.D. Hanlon writes. “On Earth, possession and ownership of natural resources are based on territorial sovereignty. Conversely, Article II of the Outer Space Treaty—the 60-year-old agreement that guides human activity in space—forbids nations from claiming territory in space, including the Moon, planets and asteroids. So how will space resources be managed?”
Voters can use the following table to examine polling place locations for the June 7, 2022 congressional party primaries. The Mississippi Free Press compiled the list using data obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office and by contacting local election officials in all 82 counties.
Local Mississippi election officials have made 70 changes to voting precincts in dozens of counties since the 2020 election, a Mississippi Free Press examination has found.
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