Bobby Harrison: Why are private school supporters so afraid of Mississippi voters?
Proponents of spending public funds on private schools are not proponents of letting the people vote on the issue. Their fear ...
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Mississippi Senate passes DEI ban, setting up negotiation with House
The Senate has passed a bill that would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s universities.
Celebrating Black History Month: How COFO helped the Mississippi civil rights movement
COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many of you have never heard of it, COFO is an organization born in Mississippi, that was a crucial piece of the civil rights ...
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Mississippi House proposes new legislative districts
The Mississippi ACLU has accused state lawmakers of not being transparent when it comes to new legislative redistricting maps ...
Mississippi House advances bill that would ban DEI in public schools
Mississippi House Republicans advanced a bill that would shutter DEI programs in all of the state’s public schools, ban ...
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Group to hold meeting about possible new legislative district for Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg could possibly get a new legislator once Mississippi lawmakers redraw district lines after a federal court ...
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Measures allowing former felons to regain voting rights clear House committees
Mississippi has one of the harshest disenfranchisement systems in the nation and a convoluted way for restoring voting rights to people.
MS Senate, House advance election, campaign finance reforms by deadline. See what happened
The Mississippi Senate Elections Committee moved up several bills on campaign finance early voting by Tuesday.
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MS advocates fight on after Supreme Court upholds voting ban
Mississippi voting rights advocates said their fight is not over, even after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case ...
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11 Must-See Stops on Mississippi’s Freedom Trail
From Hattiesburg to Jackson and beyond, experience monumental Civil Rights sites along the Mississippi Freedom Trail!
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Millsaps accused of censorship after firing professor for ‘fascist’ Trump email
In a letter to the college in December, FIRE accused the institution of negligence for “due process and deviation from its ...
Convicted felon, indicted mayor among those seeking Jackson’s top elected office
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A convicted felon, a current mayor under indictment, and two contractors tied to the city’s lawsuit against Siemens U.S.A. are among the nearly two dozen hopefuls submitting ...