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Barbour refuses compromises on voter ID
Shelia Byrd of the AP reports "Gov. Haley Barbour says he won't accept a voter identification bill that exempts older people from proving who they are. Barbour has called lawmakers …
Coach O Cuts Coach Cut
Ole Miss' new football coach, Ed Orgeron, was in Olive Branch on Tuesday to speak to the Rotary Club. As usual, he was a ball of fire, promising national titles …
coronavirus
Governor Tate Reeves Announces Additional COVID-19 Measures
Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced 13 additional counties that have qualified and met certain requirements to be placed under mask mandates with his “Safe Recovery” executive order that is in …
State
Alice Walker to be Featured at Mississippi Book Festival
Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker has been tapped to speak at this year's Mississippi Book Festival.
Health Care
Hood Opens Meetings of Mental Health Task Force to Reporters
Reporters will be welcome from now on at meetings of a task force convened by Attorney General Jim Hood to examine Mississippi's mental health system.
Crime
Inmate Dies 1 Day After Arriving in Mississippi Prison
An autopsy will be done on Robert Bond Jr., 51, a Mississippi inmate who died a day after arriving in in Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl on Thursday, May …
State
Mississippi Inmates Die at Jackson Hospital Days Apart
Two prisoners died in Mississippi over the weekend, bringing the number of inmate deaths in the state's troubled prisons to 46 since late December.
Personhood
Tightest Abortion Law in US on Hold for Several More Months
The most restrictive abortion law in the United States will remain on hold for at least several more months.
Attorney: Mississippi Law Could Harm Access to Gay Marriage
A gay-rights attorney says a new Mississippi law might violate a federal judge's order that blocks the state from treating same-sex couples differently from straight couples who want to marry.
Crime
Mississippi Physician's Sentencing on Prison Bribery Delayed
Sentencing has been delayed until at least September for a physician who pleaded guilty in May to bribing Mississippi's former corrections commissioner.
Business
Federal Agency Seeks Penalties Against Mississippi Lender
A federal agency wants more penalties against a Mississippi payday lender, asking a federal judge to order the company and its owner to pay $8.3 million.
Justice
Man Can Seek Money for Wrongful Conviction in Mississippi
A man who was convicted and later cleared after falsely confessing to murder at 13 says he is grateful a court revived his request for compensation in Mississippi.
Health Care
GOP Gov. Candidate Foster Pushes a Type of Medicaid Expansion
First-term state Rep. Robert Foster of Hernando says Tuesday he thinks working people added to Medicaid should be required to pay something for coverage. Mississippi would need federal permission for …
Politics
Mississippi Treasurer Fitch Running for Attorney General
Republican Lynn Fitch of Ridgeland, Mississippi's second-term state treasurer, says she is running for attorney general because she wants to protect gun rights, fight opioid abuse and crack down on …
Talk
Technicality May Free Seale
James Ford Seale will be going home soon, probably within days, thanks to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which on Sept. 9 overturned his 2007 conviction on federal …
Barbour: Hands Off Damages Cap
Gov. Haley Barbour is working hard to keep non-economic damages caps on lawsuits thoroughly capped. Barbour's office submitted a Dec. 17 amicus brief to the Mississippi Supreme Court, arguing that …
City & County
City’s Attorney Details Jackson Lawsuits
During the campaign battles leading up to the primaries Tuesday, mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee, whose family business, Mississippi Products, is embroiled in numerous lawsuits, struck out at incumbent Mayor Harvey …
Politics
Bloomberg Talks Justice Reform in Mississippi, Apologizes for ‘Stop and Frisk’
Following the private meeting, the former New York City mayor revealed to members of the press that he is running on a criminal-justice reform platform. He promised to cut the …
National
OPINION: Rush to Install Kavanaugh to Save Trump from ‘Dual Sovereignty’ Laws?
Why the rush to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court? One possible answer to these questions may be a case that is pending on the October docket of …
Immigration
Undocumented and Caught in the System
Traditionally, the Federal Bureau of Prisons houses undocumented immigrants charged with federal crimes in "criminal alien requirement" facilities. Private prison corporations run the BOP's 11 contract prisons.
