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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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