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Speakers at Hattiesburg redistricting hearing tell lawmakers to leave existing maps alone

HATTIESBURG — Clarence Magee told the Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting that he came to Hattiesburg in 1956, after the Korean War, wanting to be a full citizen of the country he had served.

Magee said he too...

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‘Just greed’: NAACP leader rips NIL bill, calls HBCU carveout a ‘head fake’

Derrick Johnson, the CEO of the NAACP and a Jackson resident, has been a mainstay on cable news networks in the Trump era as the administration and its allies have taken aim at rolling back voting-rights protections and diversity initiative...

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PERS keeps shares in company years after Jeffrey Epstein connection revealed

Mississippi’s public pension system remains heavily invested in one of the world’s largest asset managers even as the state accuses the company and two of its most prominent executives of concealing the extent of their ties to convicted sex...

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Voting rights lawyer tells redistricting committee which arguments he expects them to make and why he considers each one false

This article includes a correction: Amir Badat is no longer voting special counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He is now voting rights attorney and political strategist for Fair Fight Action.

MERIDIAN, Miss.—An attorn...

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Plan to destroy landmark live oaks in Biloxi sparks opposition

At a time when the global trend is to preserve urban trees to enhance quality of life and mitigate climate change, Biloxi, Mississippi is in retrograde.

Despite vocal opposition, the Biloxi Planning Commission on Sept. 3, 2026, voted unani...

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