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Inmate reverses execution request, wants to continue appealing
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/12/22-2:00AM , 1558 Reads
JACKSON — A Mississippi death row inmate has told a judge under oath that he wants to continue appealing his case, months after saying he wanted to give up his appeals and request an execution date.
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This undated file photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Blayde Grayson. A state circuit judge issued an order Monday, April 11, 2022, saying Grayson told her under oath that he wants to keep appealing his case. That was a reversal from when Grayson told the state Supreme Court in December 2021 that he wanted to relinquish all appeals and request an execution date. Justices ordered King to put Grayson under oath to say what he wants. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Inmate reverses request for execution, says he wants appeal
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:05PM , 463 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi death row inmate has told a judge under oath that he wants to continue appealing his case, months after saying he wanted to give up his appeals and request an execution date.
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Teacher raise, tax cut top issues in legislative session
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,04/07/22-2:00AM , 872 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi legislators have finished their busiest session in years after enacting the largest teacher pay raise in a generation and setting the state’s largest-ever income tax cut.
“Clearly, by any stretch, the Mississippi Legislature performed this year,” Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
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As is his tradition, House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, right, shakes the hand and says goodbye to each lawmaker, such as Rep. Shane Aguirre, R-Tupelo, at the conclusion of the legislative session at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Teacher raise, tax cut top issues in Mississippi session
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,04/06/22-11:21AM , 394 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators have finished their busiest session in years after enacting the largest teacher pay raise in a generation and setting the state's largest-ever income tax cut.

“Clearly, by any stretch, the Mississippi Legislature performed this year,” Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
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