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Ten indicted for connections to deadly Adams County Correctional Facility riot

Ten people have been indicted for their roles in a riot at a prison in Natchez that left ...

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Common core standards questioned by Mississippi lawmakers

A group of state senators is questioning Mississippi’s implementation of the Common Core education standards even as ...

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Roosters thrown from SUV during chase

Several roosters were thrown from a vehicle as deputies chased it along an Alabama interstate, authorities said Tuesday.

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Guilty plea expected in prison riot

JACKSON (AP) — An inmate suspected of participating in the fatal beating of a guard during a prison ...

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Judge won’t delay trial in deadly prison riot

A federal judge has declined a lawyer’s request to delay the trial of a man charged with participating ...

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Judge declares Miss. open-carry gun law unconstitutionally vague

A Hinds County circuit judge has extended his hold on Mississippi's open-carry gun law, declaring it unconstitutionally vague.

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Open-carry gun law on hold a little longer

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi’s open-carry gun law remains on hold at least few more days.

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Prison company wants dismissal of riot lawsuit

JACKSON (AP) — A prison company wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by relatives of ...

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Court won’t undo block on gun law

JACKSON (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday said it won’t undo a circuit judge’s order that’s ...

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Advocates for disabled press for veto session

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Families of disabled children and advocacy groups, whose funding for services was a casualty ...

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Judge blocks open-carry gun law

JACKSON (AP) — A state judge blocked Mississippi’s open-carry gun law from taking effect next week, writing in ...

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House votes to renew Medicaid

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers appear to be on track to renew and fund Medicaid beyond this coming ...

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Supreme Court strikes federal marriage provision

In a historic victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a ...

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Ruling ushers in Mississippi Voter ID

Mississippi voters could have to start showing photo identification at the polls by the June 2014 federal primaries, ...

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High court voids key part of Voting Rights Act

A deeply divided Supreme Court threw out the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act on ...

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Gov. Bryant calls special session for Medicaid

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers into special session at 10 a.m. Thursday and asking them to ...

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Mississippi State Bulldogs are on a mission

The star-studded 1985 Mississippi State baseball team has cast a long shadow over every Bulldogs club that followed. ...

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Supreme Court blockbuster verdicts ahead this week

The Supreme Court has 11 cases, including the term’s highest profile matters, to resolve before the justices take ...

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Defense lawyers: review Hayne cases

JACKSON (AP) — Some defense lawyers are calling for an independent review of cases involving a pathologist whose ...

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1 dead, 77 hurt in plant explosion south of Baton Rouge

GEISMAR, La. (AP) — A ground-rattling explosion Thursday at a chemical plant in Louisiana ignited a blaze that ...

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