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Official: Politics not behind church fire
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Thu,12/22/16-1:00PM , 178 Reads
JACKSON — The Mississippi fire marshal says investigators don’t see politics as the motivation for the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words “Vote Trump” a week before the presidential election.
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Trump receives 6 Miss. Electoral College votes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,12/19/16-5:37PM , 199 Reads
JACKSON — Republican Donald Trump has received six of Mississippi’s votes in the Electoral College after winning the state by a strong margin in November.
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Miss. electors committed to Trump
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Sun,12/18/16-7:02AM , 150 Reads
JACKSON — Four prominent businessmen and a woman long active in Republican politics are among those casting Mississippi’s electoral votes for president.

Republican Donald Trump won Mississippi with 58 percent of the vote in November and is expected to receive all six of the state’s Electoral College votes.
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State asks court not to revive flag suit
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Wed,12/07/16-1:00PM , 147 Reads
JACKSON — Attorneys for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant have asked a federal appeals court not to revive a lawsuit that sought to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
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