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City & County
DHS Makes Its Case for Scanners
After weeks of offering up generalities about why it instituted a controversial new program, the Mississippi Department of Human Services finally outlined its rationale for requiring some poor parents to …
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The Immorality of Incarceration
Mariachi guitarist Johnny Mora's bout with drugs was years in his past, but the legacy of jail time it led to is as much a companion as his guitar when …
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National
Senate Approves Bill to Extend 9/11 Victims Fund
The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
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Crime
Mississippi Sex Traffickers Target Children, Homeless LGBT Kids
Young people in Mississippi are among the most vulnerable targets and least visible victims of trafficking, the executive director of Mississippians Against Human Trafficking said.
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City & County
New DA Jody Owens Promises Reform, Alternatives to Incarceration
Earlier this week, civil rights attorney and avowed criminal-justice reformer Jody Owens officially took over as the new Hinds County district attorney, succeeding the controversy-plagued Robert Shuler Smith, who served …
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Education
OPINION: Educator; What About Us? Who Will Help the Helpers?
"I am one of four daughters who descends from a very long line of ancestral educators. They instilled in me that education is the rudiment to a forward-thinking life of …
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Education
Millsaps CFA Challenge, USM Midsummer Musical Theatre Experience and MSU Women's History Month
Four Millsaps College students recently won first-place honors during the regional Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.
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Business
OPINION: Lessons to Learn From Nissan
Unless workers unionize, companies operate as dictatorships, where the businesses will sacrifice workers' livelihoods, pantries, mortgages, car payments, medical bills and other needs for the bottom line.
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State
At-Risk Youth Diversion Program Rolls Out, But Funds Already in Jeopardy
At-risk youth have a new alternative in counties across Mississippi called the Community Youth Career Development Center.
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National
Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Agrees to Guilty Plea in Russia Probe
A former top adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign is scheduled to plead guilty on Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation to federal conspiracy and false statements charges.
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Civil Rights
OPINION: Police Violence is Not Déjà Vu
In Jackson, police violence is not deja vu; it is real and systemic.
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Immigration
Groups Want Judges to Stop Courthouse Immigration Arrests
Civil rights and indigent defense groups asked Massachusetts' highest court Thursday to stop federal agents from arresting immigrants targeted for deportation at courthouses, saying the practice is scaring victims, witnesses …
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Immigration
ACLU: Teen at Center of Immigration Case Has Abortion
An immigrant teen in federal custody who was seeking an abortion over the Trump administration's objections had the procedure Wednesday after a U.S. appeals court ruled in her favor, her …
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Thai Police Push Out Street Protesters, Briefly
Riot police managed to clear anti-government protesters from a major boulevard in the Thai capital in a small but brief victory Friday as authorities try to reclaim areas that have …
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U.S. Announces Visa Restrictions on Some Russians
The Obama administration slapped new visa restrictions Thursday on pro-Russian opponents of the new Ukraine government in Kiev and cleared the way for financial sanctions as the West began punishing …
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City & County
Yarber 'Running Hard' Again in 2017, Lee Says He Isn't Running
Mayor Tony Yarber announced his campaign for another term for the first time publicly at the weekly Friday Forum at Koinonia Coffee House, urged on to make the statement from …
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Justice
Attorney: Walnut Grove Prison Invested in 'Wrong Things,' State Punishes 'Unjustly'
An attorney for the organization that helped get juveniles out of the Walnut Grove prison is happy that it is closing, and wants the State of Mississippi to invest in …
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Civil Rights
Calling on Our Ancestral Mothers
Each year I make deliberate efforts to study women throughout history. This year I have dissected my celebration. With intentional focus, I am celebrating black women. I am dedicating myself …
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State
Youth Court Judge Sues Hinds County Over Budget
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors finds itself caught between two judges in their efforts to address issues at the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center.
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Education
House Speaker: MAEP Has ‘Failed’
"Antiquated, confusing, inefficient, unreliable, unpredictable. What do these words describe?" House Speaker Philip Gunn said at the annual Hob Nob on Oct. 27. "They describe the Mississippi Adequate Education Program …
