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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks about his legacy following a life of public service, Jan. 8, 2020, in his office at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. On Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, a local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal filed its defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by Bryant, the former Mississippi governor, with the news outlet arguing it engaged in constitutionally protected speech. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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News outlet asks court to dismiss former Mississippi governor's defamation lawsuit
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,08/28/23-6:03PM , 70 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its first defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, with the news outlet arguing it engaged in constitutionally protected speech.
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This aerial view shows the city of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Plant in Ridgeland, Miss., Sept. 1, 2022. In a Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, court filing, a federal judge ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility to turn over information on customers in and around the capital city who might be using water without paying for it. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Federal judge orders utility to turn over customer information amid reports of improper water use
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,08/22/23-5:29PM , 83 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility to turn over information on customers in and around the capital city who might be using water without paying for it.
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'Smart Window' maker to pay nearly $5 million fine for illegal wastewater dumping in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,08/16/23-3:20PM , 157 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A California-based company will pay just under $5 million in fines for discharging wastewater into a publicly owned sewage treatment plant in Mississippi without obtaining a valid state permit, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Sound of Rankin County Circuit Jude Steve Ratcliff reading the charges to former officer Brett McAlpin. COURTESY: WAPT TV ((mandatory on-air credit))

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Six former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Sun,08/13/23-11:19PM , 72 Reads
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault.
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