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Michael Corey Jenkins, left, and Eddie Terrell Parker, right, stand with lead attorney Malik Shabazz, as they call on a federal judge Monday, March 18, 2024, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., to impose the harshest possible penalties against six former Mississippi Rankin County law enforcement officers who committed numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture on them in 2023. The six former law officers pleaded guilty to a number of charges for torturing them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,03/18/24-12:16PM , 102 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers called on a federal judge Monday to impose the harshest possible penalties against the disgraced former lawmen.
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Mississippi Senate Education Committee member David Parker, R-Olive Branch, asks a question during a legislative committee update at the state Capitol, Feb. 8, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. Parker legislation to restore a statewide ballot initiative process passed the state Senate on Thursday, March 14, but its path to becoming law has narrowed amid mixed support from lawmakers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi ballot initiative process faces narrowing path to being restored
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,03/14/24-5:18PM , 80 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A push to revive Mississippi's ballot initiative process is in peril as proposals are receiving weak support from Senate Republicans, and the House and Senate are pushing significantly different plans.
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House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, listens as committee members offer comment at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. House lawmakers in Mississippi approved a bill Wednesday, March 13, 2024, that would define sex as binary, following the lead of Republican-controlled legislatures around the country aiming to restrict the legal recognition of transgender identities. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Transgender recognition would be blocked under Mississippi bill defining sex as 'man' or 'woman'
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,03/13/24-4:14PM , 92 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sex would be defined as binary under a bill passed Wednesday by Mississippi House lawmakers following the lead of Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that are aiming to restrict the legal recognition of transgender identities.
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Mississippi Sen. David Parker, R-Olive Branch, speaks during a debate at the state Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would transfer control of the state capital's troubled water system to a regional board. Parker introduced a slightly modified version of the bill after it died in the House last session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi Senate votes to change control of Jackson's troubled water system
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,03/12/24-4:37PM , 48 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would transfer control of the state capital city's troubled water system to a regional board.
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