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Commissioner RaToya Gilmer McGee, left, shows a ballot styles report to Amir Badat, an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, during a meeting between the Hinds County Election Commission and a coalition of national and local civil rights organizations, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. The commissioners said ballot shortages, technical mishaps and insufficient training were some of the factors that hampered voting in Mississippi's largest county during the Nov. 7 general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi local officials say human error and poor training led to election-day chaos
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,12/18/23-7:00PM , 75 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November.
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This December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry of Indianola, Miss., shows her 11-year-old son Aderrien Murry, who was shot and wounded by an Indianola Police Department officer on May 20, 2023, during a domestic disturbance call at the home of Murry's family. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office announced Thursday, Dec. 14, that a Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges against the police officer who responded to a call and shot and wounded the unarmed 11-year-old boy inside the home. (Nakala Murry via AP, File)

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Grand jury declines to indict Mississippi police officer who shot 11-year-old boy
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,12/14/23-6:22PM , 39 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict a police officer who responded to a call, and shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old boy inside the home.
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This Jan. 27, 2021 image provided by The Tate Record shows a Senatobia Police vehicle in front of the Senatobia, Miss., Police Department. A 10-year-old Black child, who was arrested by the police after urinating in a parking lot, must serve three months' probation and write a two-page book report on the late NBA star Kobe Bryant, a Tate County Youth Court Judge ruled Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (The Tate Record via AP)

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Black child, 10, sentenced to probation and a book report for urinating in public
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,12/14/23-2:06PM , 32 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 10-year-old Black child who urinated in a parking lot must serve three months’ probation and write a two-page book report on the late NBA star Kobe Bryant, a Mississippi judge has ordered.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, second from left, announces a proposal that he says should alleviate financial problems for hospitals during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. The federal government has approved the first part of Mississippi’s plan to help some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals receive more Medicaid money, Reeves said Wednesday, Dec. 13.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Federal government approves part of Mississippi's plan to help struggling hospitals
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,12/13/23-1:05PM , 44 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government has approved the first part of Mississippi’s plan to help some of the state’s financially strapped hospitals receive more Medicaid money, Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday.
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