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People protest against House Bill 1020 outside the Mississippi Capitol on Jan. 31, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. The bill, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday, April 21, 2023, expands the territory for a state-run police department inside the capital city of Jackson and creates a new court in the Capitol Complex Improvement District in part of the city. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Lawsuit: Mississippi violates rights by appointing judges
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Mon,04/24/23-4:50PM , 528 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a new law that requires some judges to be appointed rather than elected in the state's capital city and its surrounding county, civil rights groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. Favre will not be dismissed from a lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the United States, a Mississippi judge ruled Monday, April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/24/23-1:51PM , 615 Reads
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves answers a reporter's question after signing bills intended to improve the foster care system, speed up adoptions and provide tax credits for donations to pregnancy resource centers at a news briefing on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at a state office building in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Reeves OKs most of Mississippi budget, vetoes a few projects
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/24/23-1:17PM , 332 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican governor has approved most of a $6.6 billion state budget contained in dozens of spending bills, but has vetoed a few projects and questioned whether legislators properly passed the final bill of their session.
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Derrick Johnson speaks at a community meeting, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Johnson, who lives in Jackson, said at another community meeting in the city on April 6, 2023, that the NAACP intends to sue the state of Mississippi over a law that will expand the role of a state-run police department in the majority-Black city. The measure was approved by the majority-white Mississippi House and Senate. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed it Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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NAACP sues Mississippi over 'separate and unequal policing'
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,04/22/23-3:25PM , 820 Reads
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