Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among the harshest because the state bans voting by first-time ...
Vote for Mississippi boys high school athlete of the week Jan. 27-31
There were several top performers across the state in boys high school sports, but only one can be voted athlete of the week ...
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Legislative recap: Sea change in Mississippi taxation coming. Where is the Senate plan?
Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.
Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting bar for people convicted of some crimes
The Supreme Court has left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of ...
Subscriber exclusive: Who is the MS Coast Athlete of the Week for Feb. 3? Vote now
Nominees this week include top performers on the hardwood and the pitch across South Mississippi, including from Gulfport, Biloxi and more.
Deadline arrives to run for office across MS Coast. Here’s who’s registered in each city
Several races for mayor, council and board of alderman in South Mississippi cities have more than one candidate in the ...
Mississippi ballot initiative restoration advances in House, again. What the bill would do
The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on abortion and other issues.
Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
The class action suit was brought in 2018 by six Mississippi men - including white and Black plaintiffs - who lost the right to vote even though they have completed their sentences for various ...
Absentee ballot applications now available for municipal primary elections
Absentee ballot applications are now available in municipal clerks’ offices for the Municipal Primary Elections on April 1.
Field of candidates set for Itawamba County municipal elections
A handful of seats will be up for grabs when Itawamba County voters head to the polls June 3. The qualifying period ended Jan ...
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Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...