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AG Lynn Fitch could have???virtually unlimited latitude??? to set how Mississippi???s $189 million Meta settlement can be spent
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (954+ words) By Michael Goldberg and Allen Siegler | Originally published by Mississippi Today As Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch prepares a plan for how Mississippi can spend $189 million of national Meta lawsuit funds, legal experts told Mississippi Today that the settlement raises…...
Redistricting hearing turns tense in US Rep. Bennie Thompson???s backyard
1+ week, 5+ day ago (791+ words) By Michael Goldberg | Originally published by Mississippi Today CLEVELAND – Most Mississippi residents who spoke on Tuesday at the first public hearing on redistricting in the Delta criticized what they saw as a Republican push for power at the expense of…...
Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett resigns from Legislature
1+ week, 6+ day ago (280+ words) By Taylor Vance | Originally published by Mississippi Today Sen. Juan Barnett, a three-term Democratic legislator from Heidelberg and chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee, resigned from the Legislature on Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said in a statement. It’s unclear…...
Thompson and Colom urge Black voters to turn out in November amid redistricting fight
2+ week, 5+ day ago (642+ words) By Michael Goldberg | Originally published by Mississippi Today U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom on Tuesday called for Black Mississippi voters to turn out in November’s midterm elections to fight back against President Donald Trump’s agenda and…...
???We paid the price???: End of Rankin County schools desegregation order worries Black residents
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (1316+ words) By Leonardo Bevilacqua | Originally published by Mississippi Today BRANDON — Before her kids’ first day of second grade in the mid-1980s, Janie McLaurin sat them down in the living room to tell them about hers. She recalled what her history teacher…...
ICE detainee fights deportation to be with medically fragile infant son
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1206+ words) Your Source for Desoto County News By Mina Corpuz | Originally published by Mississippi Today Yulia Gómez held her infant son during a doctor’s appointment in Alabama as part of his care for health complications he’s faced since birth. Until a…...
Prediction markets, facing no Mississippi regulations, are targeting college campuses, policy expert warns
3+ week, 3+ day ago (701+ words) By Emily Stack | Originally published by Mississippi Today Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not…...