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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters after his address at the pavilion in Founders Square at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment at what might be the country's largest campground fair. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi changes legal team to handle welfare fraud case
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Thu,08/18/22-1:02PM , 269 Reads
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House Education Committee member Ashley Henley, R-Southaven, asks a question about teacher pay raise legislation presented before the committee on Jan. 31, 2019, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Billy Lamar Brooks has been indicted on a murder charge a year after the former Mississippi lawmaker was shot to death while she was doing yard work in a rural area where her sister-in-law had died. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Man indicted in shooting death of ex Mississippi lawmaker
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Sat,07/09/22-12:26PM , 606 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man has been indicted on a murder charge a year after a former Mississippi lawmaker was shot to death while she was doing yard work in a rural area where her sister-in-law had died.
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Abortion clinic scrambles as it prepares to close doors
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Thu,07/07/22-2:00AM , 1023 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state, with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday.
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Derenda Hancock, co-director of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic patient escorts, better known as the Pink House defenders, left, hugs a tearful abortion rights supporter Sonnie Bane, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state. However, on Tuesday, a chancery judge rejected a request by the clinic to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. Without other developments in the Mississippi lawsuit, the clinic will close at the end of business Wednesday and the state law will take effect Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors
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Wed,07/06/22-2:19PM , 254 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S.
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