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A preliminary settlement agreement has been reached in Starkville Pride’s federal lawsuit against the city of Starkville and is now awaiting board approval, much to one alderman’s alarm, says a Dispatch article.

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The Dispatch: Starkville could settle Pride lawsuit this week

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
May 23, 2018

<h1>The Dispatch: Starkville could settle Pride lawsuit this week</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />May 23, 2018</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #333333;font-family: Arial;font-size: x-large">TODAY IN MISSISSIPPI:</span></strong><span style="color: #333333;text-transform: none;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;font-size: 19.55px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;float: none;background-color: #ffffff">&nbsp;</span><em style="color: #333333;text-transform: none;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;font-size: 19.55px;font-style: italic;font-weight: 400;background-color: #ffffff">News from and about our state</em></p> <p>A preliminary settlement agreement has been reached in Starkville Pride’s federal lawsuit against the city of Starkville and is now awaiting board approval, much to one alderman’s alarm, says a Dispatch article.</p> <p>Read the complete story <a href="https://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=66025">here</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/23/the-dispatch-starkville-could-settle-pride-lawsuit-this-week/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1.png?fit=134%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=153576&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/23/the-dispatch-starkville-could-settle-pride-lawsuit-this-week/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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