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Medical student Emily Davis, left, speaks with her landlord Suzannah Thames on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, as workers move furniture, appliances and other belongings out of a home Davis and her husband are renting in a flood-prone area of Jackson, Miss. After heavy rainfall, the Pearl River near Jackson is expected to flood some homes and businesses by Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Mississippi residents prepare for possible river flooding
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,08/26/22-5:08PM , 308 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi's capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the Pearl River overflowed its banks in 2020.
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Vangela M. Wade, president and chief executive officer of Mississippi Center for Justice speaks about the center's project on Oct. 14, 2021, in Madison, Miss. Wade criticized a federal appeals court ruling on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, that will continue to block voting rights for people convicted of some felonies in Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,08/24/22-7:18PM , 332 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People convicted of certain felonies in Mississippi still won’t be able to vote, as a lawsuit that sought to automatically reinstate their voting rights was struck down by a federal appeals court Wednesday.
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Tanya Marsaw, a parent of four with one child in a public middle school, and a member of Parents For Public Schools, listens as attorneys for the nonprofit group present arguments in Hinds County Chancery Court, in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in a lawsuit claiming the state is violating its own constitution with a federally funded grant program for private schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi mom: Private-school grants hurt public education
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,08/23/22-12:48PM , 305 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mother testified Tuesday that her child's public school is harmed by the state putting $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools.
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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves addresses the crowd 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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Court to hear case on Mississippi grants to private schools
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,08/22/22-3:16PM , 469 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that says the state is violating its own constitution by directing $10 million in pandemic relief money to private schools.
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