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Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks to reporters as he leaves after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Two influential members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi — Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and Republican Rep. Michael Guest — confirmed to The Associated Press that they will run for reelection as a state qualifying period began Tuesday for candidates seeking federal office. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Thompson and Guest to run for reelection in Mississippi, both confirm as qualifying period opens
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,01/02/24-4:04PM , 71 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two influential members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi — Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and Republican Rep. Michael Guest — confirmed to The Associated Press that they will run for reelection as a state qualifying period began Tuesday for candidates seeking federal office.
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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. The federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, Miss., even though a federal district court judge dismissed requests to block the new court in a ruling filed late Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,01/01/24-3:49PM , 76 Reads
JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson starting on Monday.
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People voicing their opposition to Mississippi House Bill 1020 wear protest t-shirts as they gathered on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Jan. 31, 2023. A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a new state-run court in part of Mississippi's majority-Black capital city set to be created on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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In federal challenge to Mississippi law, arguments focus on racial discrimination and public safety
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,12/20/23-5:58PM , 78 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city.
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This image provided by The Tate Record shows a Senatobia Police vehicle in front of the Senatobia, Miss., Police Department on Jan. 27, 2021. The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months’ probation and a book report for urinating in public, has refused to sign his probation agreement and will ask for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family's attorney announced Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (The Tate Record via AP)

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Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,12/19/23-7:06PM , 54 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old child who was sentenced by a Mississippi judge to three months of probation and a book report for urinating in public has refused to sign his probation agreement and has asked for the charge against her son to be dismissed, the family's attorney announced Tuesday.
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