The James Meredith Statue Noose Incident: NAACP Pres. Blames Ole Miss Environment
OXFORD, Miss.–The state’s NAACP calls what happened to the James Meredith statue at Ole Miss a hate crime. The organization’s president, Derrick Johnson, blamed it...
Category : Politics
A Union at the Nissan Plant: The Big Topic for the Mississippi NAACP
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JACKSON, Miss.–The state’s NAACP leadership wanted to talk about healthcare, education, incarceration and voter rights at their annual Legislative Advocacy Day press conference at the...
Disappointment Over Superintendent Appointment Bill: House Ed Chair Talks
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JACKSON, Miss.–Disappointed is the word Mississippi House Education Chair John Moore used to describe his feelings about the House shooting down a bill that would...
November Vote Could Make Hunting and Fishing a State Right
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JACKSON, Miss. – You can already hunt and fish in Mississippi, but come November Mississippians will vote to decide if they want to amend the...
Politicians in Tax Payer Ads May Have Unfair Advantage, Bill Would End That
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JACKSON, Miss. — A bill has cleared the Mississippi Senate that would put a stop to elected politicians from appearing in advertisements funded by your...
Donations from Barbour Cause Commotion in Kentucky Senate Race
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KENTUCKY – Campaign money donated by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is causing a big commotion during a battle for Senate in Kentucky....
Teen Pregnancy: Legislature Looks at Curbing College Pregnancies
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JACKSON, Miss.–Whether you’re a politician or you or someone in your family has experienced it, many Mississippians would agree that there are too many teen...
Bill to Collect DNA from Certain Felony Arrests Passes House
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JACKSON, Miss. – A new build that will help build a criminal DNA database has passed the Mississippi House. If signed in to law, Mississippi...
Pulling The Trigger on Trashing Guns
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JACKSON, Miss. — If police buy your gun through one of those buy pack programs, they won’t be able to destroy them under a bill...
Criminal Justice Reform: Bill Passes House That Keeps the Bad Ones in Longer
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JACKSON, Miss.–Keeping the bad ones in longer and making sure the most ruthless Mississippi criminal can’t be trusted is part of a bill that passed...