Efforts to Curb Jim Crow-Era Voting Restrictions Fail in Mississippi Legislature
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies.
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies.
Several bills that could have grown democracy in Mississippi died as the state House and Senate killed each other’s proposals.
A Mississippi University for Women alumnus introduced a bill to rename it as “The W” and as “Wynbridge State University” on formal documents.
Mississippi University For Women will not change its name to Brightwell University after backlash. Alumni are vetting three new proposals for ‘The W.’
Jackson police officers shot at least four people between January 2021 and July 2022, but the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will not release their names.
For six hours on Thursday, Black Mississippi House representatives argued against a bill that would set limits on discussions of race in classrooms.
As Mississippi’s 2021 legislative session unfolds, two currents are competing to respond to 2020’s tumultuous election. One seeks to expand voting access, dismantling barriers for voter registration, the casting of absentee ballots and the return of the franchise to previously incarcerated residents. The other current is far more punitive and is more popular with the state’s supermajority Republican Party that controls the Governor’s Mansion and both chambers at the Capitol.
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