JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint the state’s agriculture commissioner to fill the Senate vacancy that will soon be created when veteran Sen. Thad Cochran retires, three state Republicans told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a 58-year-old Republican, was elected agriculture commissioner in 2011 and has held the job […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law Monday — and was slapped with a lawsuit less than an hour later. The law and responding challenge set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who are hoping federal courts will ultimately prohibit abortions before a fetus is viable. Current federal […]
Organizers of a group that was planning a Mississippi college town’s first-ever gay pride parade said Wednesday that they’re exploring legal action after city officials denied them a permit. Starkville aldermen voted 4-3 Tuesday to deny the permit requested by Starkville Pride, an LGBT support group, drawing criticism from the city’s mayor and leaving some […]
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