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House Speaker Jason White bars Mississippi Today from Capitol press event - Mississippi Today
Since a Mississippi Today report in April about White, some staff and spouses being treated to a Super Bowl trip by a sports-gambling company, he removed Mississippi Today from his press distribution ...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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1960: Marchers protested Jackie Robinson's treatment - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1960, nearly 1,000 Black protestors marched to the Greenville, South Carolina, airport to protest Jackie Robinson's mistreatment.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Judge voids decision to end legal status of 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua - CBS News share.google/6bFfhhKbfCJm...
Judge voids decision to end legal status of 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua
A U.S. District Court judge issued a summary judgment on Wednesday, finding that the effort to revoke the legal status of tens of thousands of Hondurans, Nepalis and Nicaraguans was unlawful
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January 1, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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Reeves grants clemency to another illegally sentenced man - Mississippi Today
For the second time in three weeks, Gov. Tate Reeves has granted clemency to two men sentenced to prison terms beyond the maximum allowed.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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State appeals court rules lower court must dismiss Gary lawsuit against gun industry - Inside INdiana Business
The city filed a lawsuit in 1999 to hold gun manufacturers and sellers liable for firearms later used in crimes, and the case has gone through several appeals over the decades.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This superhero, born out of the Jackson's underground volcano, is here to battle the city's detractors - Mississippi Today
The immortal man – born 1822, the year Jackson was founded – wears a green suit inspired by the city's flag and takes to the skies in the inaugural issue of Jackson Comics.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Behind the walls of Indiana's ICE detention facility • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Miami Correctional Facility in Miami County now has 558 ICE detainees as the prison has ramped up immigration operations.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Tell Trump to Keep His Hands Off The Post Office
The U.S. Postal Service is again under attack by Donald Trump and the world's biggest business con, Elon Musk. Trump’s plans to overhaul the post office and privatize it would be disastrous for people...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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US Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury selection - Mississippi Today
The U.S. Supreme Court in the spring will hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminato...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Gun from Emmett Till killing ‘was never hidden’ - Mississippi Today
Longtime owner of .45 allegedly used to kill Emmett Till says the weapon "was never hidden."
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August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Emmett Till lynching documents detail federal response - Mississippi Today
Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board released over 6,500 pages of federal records on Emmett Till’s Aug. 28, 1955, killing.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court districts dilute Black vote, must be redrawn - Mississippi Today
No Black person has ever been elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court without first obtaining an interim appointment from the governor, and no Black person from either of the two other districts has ...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Confusion after MAP, Inc. loses funding for Head Start - Mississippi Today
Nearly 2,000 families may be without child care at the start of this school year after dozens of child care centers run by Mississippi Action for Progress in northern Mississippi have not reopened aft...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Trump's domestic troop deployment tests the limits of a nearly 150-year-old law www.nwitimes.com/news/nation-...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Trump nominates Mississippi Supreme Court justices to federal bench - Mississippi Today
State Supreme Court Justices Chamberlin and Maxwell will replace Mississippi U.S. District Judges Michael Mills and Sharion Aycock, both of whom decided to take senior status in recent years.
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August 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Remembering Emmett Till 70 years after Mississippi lynching - Mississippi Today
Museums are remembering Emmett Till, 70 years after the Black teenager was kidnapped and killed in the Mississippi Delta.
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August 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Trump busted in real time as networks' graphics shoot down DC crime claims

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Trump busted in real time as networks' graphics shoot down DC crime claims
No sooner did Donald Trump begin addressing the nation about federalizing the D.C. Police Department and putting National Guard on the streets despite crime being down, MSNBC posted a bright red graph...
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August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Miss. poultry industry's alleged abuse of immigrant workers
Six years after ICE raids on Mississippi poultry plants, current and former immigrant workers say deteriorated conditions persist for both those undocumented and on work visas.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New Indiana immigrant detention center could triple ICE beds in Chicago region www.wbez.org/immigration/...
New Indiana immigrant detention center could triple ICE beds in Chicago region
State officials confirmed 1,200 empty beds at a rural prison dubbed “Indiana’s Speedway Slammer” are now available for the federal government to house detained immigrants.
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August 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Judge orders five-day water restoration at south Jackson apartments - Mississippi Today
A federal judge on Friday ordered water to be turned back on for five days at a south Jackson apartment complex where the utility company shut it off July 23 because the complex owner has $422,000 of ...
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August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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1966: MLK leads Chicago Freedom Movement protest mississippitoday.org/2024/08/05/1...
1966: MLK leads Chicago Freedom Movement protest - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. and others marched to protest housing discrimination, one of many Chicago Freedom Movement efforts.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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They own the house. Why won’t they cut the grass? - Mississippi Today
In August, the storied home will be put up for auction for the 7th year in a row because of unpaid taxes – joining thousands of properties across Jackson stuck in a complicated loop and for which no o...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Former Vicksburg Mayor Robert Major Walker dies - Mississippi Today
Robert Major Walker had a long record of service as a Mississippi NAACP leader, Warren County supervisor, Vicksburg mayor and chief administrative officer for the city of Jackson.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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1866: Black men killed in New Orleans Massacre mississippitoday.org/2024/07/30/1...
1866: Black men killed in New Orleans Massacre - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1866, Black men parading for voting rights were killed during the New Orleans Massacre.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM