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Mississippi state Rep. Earle Banks, D-Jackson, asks a question at the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 18, 2022. Banks and nine other white lawmakers have been chosen Tuesday, March 21, 2023, to negotiate final versions of bills that could expand the territory of a state-run police department inside Mississippi's majority-Black capital city. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Only 1 Black rep gets role in talks on Mississippi policing
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Tue,03/21/23-6:29PM , 282 Reads
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The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, March 16, 2023, affirmed a ruling by Judge David Chandler, shown in this photo from May 6, 2016. Chandler ruled in 2021 that Mississippi's capital city of Jackson neglected to follow all required steps when it tried to annex land near the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Court: Jackson missed step in trying to take land by airport
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Fri,03/17/23-5:35PM , 241 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The capital city of Jackson neglected to follow all required steps when it tried to annex land near the busiest airport in Mississippi, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. A Mississippi agency says a judge should reject Favre’s requests to be removed from a lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money. Favre’s attorneys have sought to get the Hall of Fame quarterback dismissed as one of more than 30 defendants in the civil suit that the state Department of Human Services filed in 2022. Kaytie Pickett, an attorney for the department, says in court papers filed Monday, March 13, 2023, that Favre failed to make solid legal arguments and a judge should ignore his “diatribe.” (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Favre must remain in welfare lawsuit, Mississippi argues
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Fri,03/17/23-3:09PM , 383 Reads
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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves describes the state's economic progress during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature on the steps of the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Jan. 30, 2023. Reeves did an abrupt about-face Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, on an issue for which Democrats have been criticizing him this election year, saying for the first time that he wants the state to allow a full year of Medicaid coverage to women after they give birth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi governor OKs longer postpartum Medicaid coverage
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Thu,03/16/23-4:37PM , 272 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov.
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