This week in politics: U.S. appellate court opts not to re-hear MS mail-in absentee voting case
After a panel of judges on the court ruled in October that Mississippi's mail-in absentee ballot counting law violated federal law, the defendants in the case, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael ...
New trial date set for woman charged in LA-MS child kidnapping, murder case
A new trial date has been set for a woman charged in a kidnapping and murder case that began in Louisiana and ended in ...
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5th Circuit slaps down EPA denial of Mississippi ozone plan
The Tuesday ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals simultaneously rejected requests from Texas and Louisiana — as ...
Trial date set for Sheldon Herrington in Jimmie 'Jay' Lee murder case after bond denied
Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther denied bond for Herrington during a Thursday livestreamed hearing in Oxford ...
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Federal appeals court affirms Mississippi can’t count late mail-in absentee ballots for federal elections
The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on has ruled that it would not change its prior decree that Mississippi ...
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Aldermen vote to appeal Truth Lounge ruling
After a special meeting that lasted less than half an hour, the Natchez Board of Aldermen voted 3 to 1 to file an appeal of the March 7 order by Sixth District Circuit Court Judge Carmen Drake ...
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5th Circuit Panel Denies Mississippi Detective’s Qualified Immunity Claim in All but One Instance
5th Circuit Panel Denies Mississippi Detective’s Qualified Immunity Claim in All but One Instance Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court ...
Fifth Circuit Tosses EPA's Rejection of Mississippi Air Plan
The EPA was wrong to reject Mississippi’s ozone pollution plan using data that wasn’t available when the state submitted the ...