Court order: Capital City can’t restrict open carry rights
Story provided by the Mississippi Center for Public Policy A federal court has ordered the City of Jackson to never again act on its own...
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Mississippi Warriors: inspired by 9/11
Way before becoming the director of the Mississippi Justice Institute, Aaron Rice was a high school kid going through his morning routine when a...
MJI is continuing litigation against Lumumba
At the tail end of April, the Mississippi Justice Institute (MJI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Representative Dana Criswell against the city of Jackson...
MJI warns Tupelo of potential food truck lawsuits
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Justice Institute recently sent Tupelo city leaders a letter warning them that placing regulations on food trucks within city limits could lead to...
Supreme Court rules governments can’t evade open meetings act
by Alex Paton
A case has just been won in the supreme court saying that a government cannot set up meetings of less than a quorum of public...
Charter School Law argued before Hinds County judge
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON – Tuesday morning in the Hinds County Chancery Court, Judge Dewayne Thomas heard oral arguments on a motion to de-fund the Mississippi Charter School...
Small businesses suffering under regulations
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- America was built on entrepreneurship, so what happens when federal and state regulations begin making small businesses nearly impossible to create? ...