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Sorta, kinda nonpartisan
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,10/03/16-5:37PM , 184 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s judicial elections are nonpartisan in name only.
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Bloom is off private prisons
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,09/19/16-3:14PM , 214 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi jumped enthusiastically into using private prisons in the mid-1990s, when the Department of Corrections was under a longstanding federal court order to ease crowding and improve conditions in penitentiaries.
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Deja vu on taxes, budget
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,09/07/16-4:29PM , 172 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s Republican legislative leaders have created “working groups” that will meet a few days over the next several weeks to delve into tax policies and pick apart government spending practices.
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Rodney Earl Sanders of Kosciusko leaves the Durant Municipal Building after an initial appearance in court on Monday. Sanders was charged with two counts of capital murder in the slayings of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both 68. The nuns, who were nurse practitioners, were found stabbed to death last week in their home.

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Prosector undecided on seeking death penalty
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Tue,08/30/16-1:32PM , 146 Reads
DURANT — A Holmes County prosecutor said she hasn’t decided whether to seek the death penalty for a man charged with killing two nuns who dedicated their lives to helping people in one of the poorest counties in the nation.
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