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Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), center, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, right, confer with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba following a tour the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility in Ridgeland, Miss., Sept. 2, 2022. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants. On Friday, Oct. 28, Reeves extended the State of Emergency regarding Jackson’s water system until Nov. 22. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool, File)

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Mississippi governor extends Jackson water emergency order
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,10/28/22-5:59PM , 718 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has extended the state of emergency over the water crisis in the capital city of Jackson. On the same day the emergency declaration was set to expire, Reeves said the state of emergency he declared on Aug. 30 would remain in place until Nov. 22.
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Attorney Rob McDuff, an attorney representing the Jackson Women's Health Organization, argues for a lawsuit filed by the state's only abortion clinic, to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state, before a special chancellor in Hinds County Chancery Court, July 5, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi Center for Justice is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court two months after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down its lawsuit challenging voting restrictions set forth in Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool, File)

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Supreme Court asked to review Mississippi voting rights case
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,10/28/22-3:33PM , 1,432 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi legal organization is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s provision permanently banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves addresses business leaders at the Mississippi Economic Council's annual "Hobnob Mississippi" in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Reeves expressed a desire for the elimination of the state's income tax during his address. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi Gov. to push for full elimination of income tax
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,10/27/22-6:27PM , 1,431 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves promised to push for a full elimination of the state's income tax during the 2023 legislative session. The move would make Mississippi the 10th state with no income tax.
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An individual enters the Greenwood OB/GYN Associates clinic across the street from the Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Miss., Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,10/24/22-9:10AM , 374 Reads
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