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Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, announces his bid to run for lieutenant governor at the state GOP headquarters in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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McDaniel challenges Mississippi lt. governor in GOP primary
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Mon,01/30/23-2:10PM , 278 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Chris McDaniel — a four-term Mississippi legislator who has lost two races for U.S.
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Pradnya Jagdale, a former Jackson abortion clinic escort, stands with a small group of protestors before the Mississippi Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. The abortion rights advocates demonstrated at the building's gates, countering the national March For Life gatherings, while carrying signs calling for abortion rights. A state law banning most abortions, went into effect July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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In mostly abortion-free Mississippi, court battle continues
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Sat,01/28/23-7:52AM , 527 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A physicians' group based in the Midwest lacks legal standing to challenge a 25-year-old Mississippi Supreme Court ruling recognizing a right to abortion under the state constitution, lawyers for six women who support abortion rights argued in court papers filed Friday.
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John Davis, former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, leaves the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 22, 2022. A federal judge signed an order Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, to indefinitely delay sentencing of the former Mississippi welfare director in a case about misspending money that was intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Federal sentencing delayed in Mississippi welfare fraud case
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Fri,01/27/23-12:44PM , 305 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
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Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, speaks about proposed legislation that standardizes some sentencing for a number of crimes, including motor vehicle theft, fleeing law enforcement and resisting arrest, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. Attending the briefing, were Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, left, Senate Judiciary B Committee vice chairman Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, rear, and Senate Judiciary B Committee chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, second from left. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Hosemann: Strengthen penalties for carjacking, other crimes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/26/23-4:18PM , 172 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Thursday that he wants to set stronger penalties for carjacking, resisting arrest and fleeing from law enforcement officers.
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