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Civil Rights

Gipson Files Fetal Heart-Beat Bill

Reps. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, and Mark Formby, R-Picayune, have filed a bill "to prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable fetal heartbeat."

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Divine Responsibility'

Bryant doesn't have a direct link to God, and, while he wastes the state's time and resources fighting a battle that conservatives lost four decades ago, many Mississippians will suffer …

Reinforcing its strong connection with social conservatives, the Trump administration announced Thursday a new federal …

The Mississippi attorney general’s office is expected to file briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court …

Jackson Women's Health Organization Director Shannon Brewer (right, front) leaves federal court in Jackson, joined …

Former state Sen. Gloria Williamson of Philadelphia, Miss., shared a story about a failed pregnancy …

The House Public Health Committee on Wednesday amended and passed Senate Bill 2116 , which …

LGBT

Reluctant Kentucky Clerk Gets Time for Gay Marriage Appeal

A Kentucky county clerk who objects to same-sex marriage was given room on Monday to continue denying licenses to gays and lesbians while she takes her case to a federal …

Editorial

State Should End Costly, Embarrassing Legal Challenges

Last week, the state—via the Democratic-led Mississippi attorney general's office—again stood on the wrong side of a federal judge in an individual-rights case.

National

SCOTUS Doesn't Meddle in 'Right to Lie'

Political speech laws have come into question after today’s Supreme Court decision on Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, which dealt with an Ohio law prohibiting false speech in campaign …

State

Mississippi Enacting Dozens of New Laws Tuesday

New Mississippi laws provide pay raises for teachers, require closer monitoring for concussions in school sports and attempt to limit the cost of obtaining public records.

Personhood

Personhood Supporters Shocked, Undeterred

Wedge Issues Bring Heated Debates

Democrats turned up the heat in debates over abortion, immigration and voter rights last week. Up against deadlines to get bills out of committee and through floor votes, the Mississippi …

City & County

UPDATED: City Agreement Outrages Abortion Clinic Owner, Staff

Pro-Life Mississippi protesters reached an agreement with the City of Jackson recently in federal court to limit what they say are breaches of their constitutional right to protest. But the …