Saturday, November 16, 2024

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it is an “abortion mill.” To those who work and volunteer there, the facility known as the “pink house” provides …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi governor set to sign transgender sports limit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to ban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi governor set to sign transgender sports limit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to ban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools and universities. The bill heads to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the next several days, and he is expected to sign it into law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools and universities. The bill heads to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the next several days, and he is expected to sign it into law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools and universities. The bill heads to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the next several days, and he is expected to sign it into law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel emblem

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi hoisted a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem on Monday, just over six months after legislators retired the last state banner in the U.S. that included the divisive rebel symbol.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi governor signing law for flag without rebel sign

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is set to sign a bill Monday that gives the state a new flag with a magnolia and the phrase, “In God We Trust," just over six months after legislators retired the last state flag in the U.S. that included the Confederate …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Zombie law' cited in court fight over Mississippi marijuana

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys trying to block a Mississippi medical marijuana program say the state is using a “zombie law” about old congressional districts to defend how an initiative landed on the ballot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi schools chief: Ease mandates on some tests

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi high school students will take end-of-course exams and third graders will take mandated reading assessments this spring, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright told lawmakers Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is updating its laws to include a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” six months after legislators ditched the last state flag in the U.S. that had the Confederate battle emblem.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi legislators set to finalize magnolia-themed flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are beginning their 2021 session Tuesday and one of their first tasks will be to finish adopting a new state flag that voters approved, with a magnolia blossom and the phrase, “In God We Trust.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi legislators set to finalize magnolia-themed flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are beginning their 2021 session Tuesday and one of their first tasks will be to finish adopting a new state flag that voters approved, with a magnolia blossom and the phrase, “In God We Trust.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Professor sues Mississippi auditor in 'scholar strike' spat

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A tenured professor at the University of Mississippi filed a lawsuit Wednesday saying that state auditor defamed him by saying the professor should be fired for participating in a two-day “scholar strike."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi lt. governor: Teacher pay a priority in 2021

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that giving teachers a pay raise will be the most important issue he pushes during the 2021 legislative session that opens next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi could alter legislative session amid pandemic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators should consider delaying much of their 2021 session by several weeks to prevent the state Capitol from again becoming a super spreader for the coronavirus, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi could alter legislative session amid pandemic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators should consider delaying much of their 2021 session by several weeks to prevent the state Capitol from again becoming a super spreader for the coronavirus, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi lt. governor: Teacher pay a priority in 2021

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that giving teachers a pay raise will be the most important issue he pushes during the 2021 legislative session that opens next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi defends initiatives in medical marijuana lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mayor's lawsuit is making baseless arguments as it seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that Mississippi voters approved, state attorneys said in court papers filed Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi defends initiatives in medical marijuana lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mayor's lawsuit is making baseless arguments as it seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that Mississippi voters approved, state attorneys said in court papers filed Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NFL honors Mississippi man freed after 22 years in prison

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NFL says it is honoring Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi who was imprisoned more than 22 years and was freed in late 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the last of his several convictions in a quadruple murder case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NFL honors Mississippi man freed after 22 years in prison

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NFL says it is honoring Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi who was imprisoned more than 22 years and was freed in late 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the last of his several convictions in a quadruple murder case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi former Gov. Winter dies; pushed education reform

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education in one of the poorest states in the U.S. and to improve race relations across the nation, has died. He was 97.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued another report Friday favoring agribusinesses over environmentalists in a decades-long battle over a massive flood control project in the south Mississippi Delta.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument, the U.S. interior secretary and members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation announced Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Appeals court: Mississippi school lawsuit may go forward

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi budget proposal includes some spending cuts

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi legislators on Monday released their first budget recommendations for the year that begins July 1. They propose spending cuts for universities, community colleges, prisons, mental health and child protection services.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EPA: Revised Yazoo pump project not subject to previous veto

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta, a regional administrator for the agency says.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Attorney confirmed as federal judge in south Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed a 37-year-old attorney who has been involved in Republican politics as a new federal district judge for the southern half of Mississippi.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

City repeals noise rule on only Mississippi abortion clinic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's capital city has repealed a year-old local law that sought to restrict noise levels outside the state's only abortion clinic by limiting amplified sound and banning protesters from approaching patients without their permission.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi governor proposes phasing out state income tax

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that the state should phase out its individual income tax by 2030 to attract new residents and businesses that could boost economic growth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

2 ex-senators predict GOP will prevail in Georgia runoffs

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Georgia's two runoff races to determine control of the Senate are going to be bruising battles, said two former U.S. senators — one a Republican, the other a Democrat — who predicted that ultimately the GOP would prevail in the high-stakes contests.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi lawmaker apologizes for tweet about secession

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Republican lawmaker in Mississippi apologized Wednesday for a social media post advocating secession from the United States after Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi justices hear 'difficult' dispute over budgeting

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday in a dispute between the governor and some top lawmakers over who has certain powers in setting the state budget.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi governor says his youngest daughter has COVID-19

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he, his wife and their three daughters are in isolation after the youngest tested positive for the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi justices hear dispute over state budget power

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court was hearing arguments Tuesday in a dispute between the governor and top lawmakers over control of the state budget.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Attorneys defend Mississippi marijuana initiative process

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s top legal officer says the state Supreme Court should dismiss a mayor’s “woefully untimely” lawsuit questioning the legitimacy of the medical marijuana initiative that state voters approved by a wide margin last week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi governor says he'd veto mail-in or early voting

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two days after Mississippi voters stood in long lines at polling places, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he would veto any efforts to broaden state laws to allow widespread mail-in voting or no-excuse early voting because he thinks the changes would cause “too much …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi's new magnolia flag starting to fly after vote

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new Mississippi flag without Confederate images was flying in parts of the state on Wednesday, one day after a majority voters approved the design that has a magnolia encircled by stars and the phrase “In God We Trust.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, ‘In God We Trust’

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Republican US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith wins in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has been reelected in Mississippi, defeating Democrat Mike Espy in a repeat of a 2018 special election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrat tries again to unseat GOP senator in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Mike Espy is trying unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by labeling her "Confederate Cindy” and saying she's out of touch with voters in a diverse state that has tried to move beyond its racist history. If elected, he would be Mississippi's first Black …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi deciding US Senate race that's rematch of 2018

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Mike Espy is trying unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by labeling her "Confederate Cindy” and saying she's out of touch with voters in a diverse state that has tried to move beyond its racist history. If elected, he would be Mississippi's first …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi: Will magnolia replace old rebel-themed flag?

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters are deciding whether to accept a new state flag to replace a Confederate-themed banner that lawmakers retired months ago as part of a national reckoning over racial injustice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi deciding US Senate race that's rematch of 2018

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Mike Espy is trying unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by labeling her "Confederate Cindy” and saying she's out of touch with voters in a diverse state that has tried to move beyond its racist history. If elected, he would be Mississippi's first …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi: Will magnolia replace old rebel-themed flag?

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters are deciding whether to accept a new state flag to replace a Confederate-themed banner that lawmakers retired months ago as part of a national reckoning over racial injustice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Campaign attire banned at Mississippi polls, masks suggested

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's top elections official is reminding people not to wear campaign clothing when they go to vote, because that is banned by state law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi rematch: Espy challenges Hyde-Smith for Senate

BELZONI, Miss. (AP) — By the time U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy arrived at a restaurant near a highway that cuts through cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta, he had already received a celebrity's welcome.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi marijuana ballot dispute: No ruling before vote

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will wait until after next week's election to consider whether a medical marijuana initiative got onto the ballot through proper procedures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi marijuana ballot dispute: No ruling before vote

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will wait until after next week's election to consider whether a medical marijuana initiative got onto the ballot through proper procedures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi mayor challenges medical marijuana initiative

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mayor on Tuesday challenged the petition process that put one of two medical marijuana proposals on the statewide ballot, arguing that the number of signatures gathered does not meet standards set in the state constitution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi mayor challenges medical marijuana initiative

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mayor on Tuesday challenged the petition process that put one of two medical marijuana proposals on the statewide ballot, arguing that the number of signatures gathered does not meet standards set in the state constitution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi governor's mask mandate expands to 16 counties

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is extending a mask mandate to seven additional counties to try to control the spread of the coronavirus as cases increase rapidly in some areas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi governor's mask mandate expands to 16 counties

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is extending a mask mandate to seven additional counties to try to control the spread of the coronavirus as cases increase rapidly in some areas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Obama endorses Espy in Mississippi; Trump backs Hyde-Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat trying to unseat a Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi said Wednesday that he has received his “biggest endorsement yet,” from former President Barack Obama.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Obama endorses Espy in Mississippi; Trump backs Hyde-Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat trying to unseat a Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi said Wednesday that he has received his “biggest endorsement yet,” from former President Barack Obama.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Obama endorses Espy in US Senate contest in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat trying to unseat a Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi said Wednesday that he has received his “biggest endorsement yet,” from former President Barack Obama.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump camp: Stop using his name in medical marijuana effort

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign is telling a Mississippi group to stop saying that Trump supports a ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mississippi expands curbside voting, sets absentee 'cure'

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is expanding access to curbside voting for people with symptoms of COVID-19 and setting a new process to let voters correct, or “cure,” minor discrepancies with signatures on absentee ballots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Engineers' report bolsters proposed Mississippi pump project

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta — a reversal of a previous federal report that said the project …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Espy: Hyde-Smith 'disrespecting' Mississippi by not debating

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic challenger Mike Espy on Wednesday criticized Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for not accepting invitations to debate him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Espy: Hyde-Smith 'disrespecting' Mississippi by not debating

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic challenger Mike Espy on Wednesday criticized Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for not accepting invitations to debate him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mississippi Supreme Court candidate looks to bring diversity

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A challenger in a Mississippi Supreme Court election said Monday that she would bring diversity of perspective and experience to a court that has had only four women among the 137 justices who have served during the state's history.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mississippi Supreme Court candidate looks to bring diversity

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A challenger in a Mississippi Supreme Court election said Monday that she would bring diversity of perspective and experience to a court that has had only four women among the 137 justices who have served during the state's history.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Runoffs will fill 2 seats in Mississippi Senate, 2 in House

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Runoffs are happening Tuesday for special elections to fill four seats in the Mississippi Legislature, and winners will serve the rest of a four-year term that ends in January 2024.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

2nd Mississippi rep resigns over pension and pay dispute

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi lawmaker is resigning as of Tuesday because he will not be able to collect his state government pension while serving in the state House.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi is latest state to delay elections amid pandemic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday that he is postponing the March 31 Republican primary runoff in the state's 2nd Congressional District because of the coronavirus. The new date is June 23.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi researchers working on another coronavirus test

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said Wednesday that physicians and researchers there are working to develop a test for the new coronavirus amid high demand for test kits nationwide.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP news guide: Mississippi reps win; Espy to face Hyde-Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi held party primaries Tuesday to choose nominees for a U.S. Senate seat and four congressional seats:
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi Democrats back Biden to try to bump out Trump

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden easily won Mississippi's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, outdistancing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as many voters said they saw Biden having the best chance to unseat Republican President Donald Trump in November.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Biden in Mississippi, Sanders in Michigan before primaries

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden worshiped at a predominantly African American church in Mississippi two days before the state's primary, in which black voters will play a pivotal role.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bill says Mississippi could check for voters' US citizenship

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's top elections official told lawmakers Tuesday that he wants the power to check whether registered voters in the state are also U.S. citizens.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mississippi seeks abortion ban for race, sex, genetic error

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to put on the procedure the past two years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

From cotton to guitar strings

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO