Senator Wicker launches book donation program
From Press Reports Former first lady Laura Bush was wise to say, "The most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card." Our public libraries offer our communities more than shelves of books.
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FEMA halts $30M for retrofitting Miss. houses after Katrina
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it won't repay Mississippi for nearly $30 million spent to retrofit homes after Hurricane Katrina unless the state can prove the money was well spent. The state failed to provide documentation for the program, overspent and appears to have had lax oversight, according to the report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General.
Sid Salter: Blame game, posturing don’t solve issues
The actual judicial decision written by U.S. District Carlton Reeves in striking down Mississippi's House Bill 1523 was eloquent, persuasive, and powerful - and at the same time, the ruling itself was entirely predictable and in keeping with the prevailing federal judicial winds. The ruling is written in such a way as to withstand the scrutiny of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Religious supporters of Miss. law look to appeal
Religious supporters of a Mississippi law dealing with objections to same-sex marriage say they hope a higher court will overturn the federal judge who stopped the law from taking effect. Those who oppose the measure are applauding the action by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to block House Bill 1523 , saying proponents of the law are misusing religion to support it.
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Supporters of the LGBT rights movement won the latest round against conservatives when a federal judge ruled that a Mississippi "religious objections" law is unconstitutional, just moments before it was to take effect Friday. The decision could influence federal judges considering challenges to other state laws and will be held up by gay-rights advocates as another reason for legislatures to back off considering similar bills.
Miss. LGBT law withstands 1 challenge; 3 others await
A federal judge has declined to block a Mississippi gay marriage law in one challenge filed against it. But it's still possible he will block the law after considering three other lawsuits.
‘Mississippi Burning’ case, now closed, exposed KKK terror
On June 29, 1964, the FBI began distributing these pictures of civil rights workers, from left, Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Cheney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York, who disappeared near Philadelphia, Miss., June 21, 1964. The investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi is finally closed, the state's attorney general said Monday, June 20, 2016, 53 years almost to the day after the young men disappeared during "Freedom Summer."
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File photo/The Clarion-Ledger -- Used for medicinal research, marijuana plants grow in a facility on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford. File photo/The Clarion-Ledger -- Marijuana plants are raised in the grow room at the University of Mississippi for research purposes.