Mississippi U.S. House, Senate Incumbents Renominated; 4 Face Challengers
Mississippi primary voters renominated U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidates in Tuesday’s primaries but four will face challengers in November.
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Mississippi primary voters renominated U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidates in Tuesday’s primaries but four will face challengers in November.
Mississippians are voting today in party primaries for four seats in the U.S. House and one in the U.S. Senate.
Mississippi voters will select Republican and Democratic nominees for U.S. House of Representatives in the primaries on Tuesday, March 12.
Dexter Wade’s body was exhumed hours before his family could arrive at his gravesite, despite Hinds County giving a different time for the ceremony.
U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has never supported Hamas terrorists despite false accusations Republican Gov. Tate Reeves hurled at the State’s only Black congressman over the weekend. Hamas is the ruling political organization in Gaza that launched a bloody terrorist attack on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 in Israel as militants took at least 199 people hostage.
President Joe Biden honored Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley with the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Monument.
Broadband internet could soon become accessible to more Mississippians after the President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the state is receiving $1.2 billion for high-speed internet infrastructure across the state through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
The City of Jackson is receiving an initial $115 million investment to repair its crisis-prone water system, the White House announced and The Grio first reported Tuesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state’s congressional maps are racially gerrymandered.
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