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Hearing set in Biloxi for proposal to cut down protected trees
Opponents of a plan to remove 28 protected trees in Biloxi posted a social media call to action on Sept.
 • Alan Huffman
Analysis: Fifth Circuit’s decision in Jackson water case
Ruling did not say there is no constitutional right to clean water, as was widely and erroneously reported
 • Derrion Arrington
FEC complaint filed against Coast congressman centers on $224,000 in contributions and billions in Coast Guard contracts
Carl Boyanton, an independent candidate for Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Sept.
 • Derrion Arrington
Coast redistricting hearing draws speakers from both sides
BILOXI—Sonya Williams-Barnes told the Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting on Tuesday night that she did not learn about…
 • Derrion Arrington
Speakers at Hattiesburg redistricting hearing tell lawmakers to leave existing maps alone
HATTIESBURG — Clarence Magee told the Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting that he came to Hattiesburg in 1956, after the…
 • Derrion Arrington
‘Just greed’: NAACP leader rips NIL bill, calls HBCU carveout a ‘head fake’
Derrick Johnson, the CEO of the NAACP and a Jackson resident, has been a mainstay on cable news networks in the Trump era as the administration and its…
 • R.L. Nave
PERS keeps shares in company years after Jeffrey Epstein connection revealed
State officials mum on investments that have cost its retirement system millions of dollars
 • Christopher Harress
Voting rights lawyer tells redistricting committee which arguments he expects them to make and why he considers each one false
This article includes a correction: Amir Badat is no longer voting special counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
 • Derrion Arrington
Plan to destroy landmark live oaks in Biloxi sparks opposition
Officially protected trees would be cut down to pave way for casino development
 • Alan Huffman
Black lawmaker says redistricting will exacerbate already bad system
NATCHEZ, Miss.—The state’s redistricting hearings reached this Mississippi River city on Sept.
 • Derrion Arrington
New SPLC database tracks deaths of incarcerated Mississippians
When someone dies in a Mississippi prison or jail cell, sometimes the public knows about it; sometimes, they don’t.
 • R.L. Nave
How we got here: Mississippi has had redistricting hearings before—and testimony did not change resulting maps
The joint legislative committee redrawing Mississippi’s districts is holding eight public hearings around the state, starting this summer and continuing…
 • Derrion Arrington
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