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At Jackson school: Goodbye, Confederacy; Hello, Obama
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Thu,10/19/17-5:58PM , 202 Reads
JACKSON — A Mississippi school is shedding the name of the Confederacy’s only president and will instead be named for the first African-American president of the United States.

Davis International Baccalaureate Elementary School in Jackson was named decades ago for Jefferson Davis.
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Making nice with Trump
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,10/16/17-3:47PM , 217 Reads
JACKSON — Facing a potential Republican primary battle in 2018, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is stepping up his praise of President Donald Trump, who won the state with 58 percent of the vote last November.
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Foes ask high court to block law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Wed,10/11/17-4:59PM , 138 Reads
JACKSON — Advocates of same-sex marriage are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a new Mississippi law that lets government workers and business people cite their own religious objections to refuse services to LGBT people.
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Religious-objections law delayed slightly
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Thu,10/05/17-5:58PM , 184 Reads
JACKSON — New court action has created a slight delay for a Mississippi law that, barring an intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, will let government workers and business people cite their own religious objections to refuse services to gay couples.
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