Politics
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‘Stronger than ever’: Jackson leadership details ‘massive’ water investment as boil advisory lingers
Update: On Thursday afternoon Jackson officials lifted the boil water notice for residents in the following zip codes: 39206, 39202, 39201,…
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A voter fraud movement is growing in Louisiana. Election officials say it’s baseless.
A voter fraud movement is growing in Louisiana. Election officials say it’s baseless. Despite GOP’s success here, some party leaders…
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Education, roads and bridges likely winners amid $1.5 billion surplus
Education, roads and bridges likely winners amid $1.5 billion surplus For the second straight year, higher education, public school teachers…
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US Marshals join local law enforcement to fight crime in Jackson
Jackson and Hinds County law enforcement agencies are partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service to address violent crime in the…
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3 JPD officers on leave following individual’s death in custody
Officers responded to a service call near 500 E. Beasley Road Saturday night and took a person into custody who…
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La. Senate candidate Gary Chambers burns a Confederate flag in his new campaign ad
Gary Chambers and his infamous lighter are back. The longtime community activist and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate made headlines…
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Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Hundreds of pastors both rallied and prayed Thursday outside the trial of three white men charged in the killing of…
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A Georgia city is replacing a Confederate monument with a statue of civil rights hero John Lewis
(CNN) For 112 years, a 30-foot obelisk stood outside the courthouse grounds in the suburban Atlanta city of Decatur. Erected…
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Rep. Jackson Lee proposes commission to explore reparations for Black Americans
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is seeking reparations and more for Black Americans as a result of slavery. The subject of reparations is…
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