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Mississippi court overturns conviction of ex-officer in death of man pulled from vehicle
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-3:03PM , 481 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a former Jackson police detective in the 2019 death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle while officers were searching for a pastor's killer.
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Haley Fisackerly, President and CEO of Entergy Mississippi, right, congratulates Mississippi House Speaker Jason White, R-West, left, Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, center, and Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, second from right, on the Legislature passing a package of state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to build two data processing centers in the central part of the state Thursday at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. Entergy, an electric utility, is expected to provide much of the centers' power. (Associated Press)

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Legislators approve incentives for 2 large data centers
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Fri,01/26/24-2:00AM , 487 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session Thursday and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two data centers in the central part of the state.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, center, receives applause from House Speaker Jason White, R-West, left, and Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, as well as a bipartisan group of legislators, for pursing a package of state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to build two data centers in the central part of the state, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, during the celebratory announcement at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi legislators approve incentives for 2 large data centers by Amazon Web Services
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/25/24-12:30PM , 926 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session Thursday and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two data centers in the central part of the state.
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During a news conference Wednesday in Jackson, Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, center, announces that a tech company will invest $10 billion to build two data processing centers that will create 1,000 jobs in central Mississippi. House Speaker Rep. Jason White, R-West, left, and state Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, react at the news. Additionally, Reeves asked the Republican-controlled Legislature to meet in a special session Thursday to approve $44 million in state incentives for the project. (Associated Press)

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New centers to create 1,000 jobs
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/25/24-2:00AM , 434 Reads
JACKSON — A tech company will invest $10 billion to build two data processing centers that will create 1,000 jobs in central Mississippi, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday.
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