Payday lender fined $1 million, licenses revoked
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Banking regulators said the Madison-based companies violated state laws designed to protect borrowers from getting in over their heads
Jackson Mayor-elect Lumumba: ‘We have to serve each other’
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Win by the son of Jackson’s former mayor, who died in office, is one of several featuring younger candidates statewide
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Black caucus leader ‘threatened’ over asking for Rep. Oliver’s expulsion
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Sonya Williams Barnes, D-Gulfport, said a ‘coward’ shredded a copy of her resolution and left it on her desk
No money for colleges, universities in special session call
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Bryant does propose requiring the Legislative Budget Office prepare a multi-year financial plan
More graves found at Continental site than expected; reburials slowed
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300 burial sites were uncovered and are being relocated
White defendant wins new trial on claim blacks illegally barred from jury
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Legal experts call the case rare, but part of a growing trend to root out racial bias in the criminal justice system
Chokwe A. Lumumba wins Jackson primary, likely next mayor
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State Sen. John Horhn finishes in second place
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Can city-state relationship be saved? Jackson mayor candidates vow to try
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Top candidates say years of distrust and poor communication have made the state unwilling to help the capital city
Gov. Bryant calls special legislative session for June 5, length unknown
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Lawmakers will return to Jackson to finalize two agency budgets, but it’s unclear how long that will take
Rep. Steve Holland: ‘I’m going to fight as long as I’ve got’
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Longtime House member opens up on his dementia diagnosis and his concerns about health care needs in Mississippi
The curious case of the Confederate cemetery
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There is no Confederate cemetery in Jefferson County, so why did the Legislature fund one?
Nissan gives $250K to Mississippi HBCUs
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Mississippi’s historically black colleges and universities are getting a boost from one of the state’s largest private employers. Nissan North America announced a $250,000 grant to help support science, technology, engineering and math programs at Alcorn State University, Coahoma Community College, Hinds Community College-Utica Campus, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust College and Tougaloo College. Jeffrey Webster, director of diversity and inclusion at Nissan North America, said in a news release that the company “recognizes that STEM education is critical to developing the next generation of innovators.” Nissan made a similar HBCU donation to Coahoma Community College in 2016, which helped promote STEM studies to 8 to 11-year-olds. The grant also helped pay for equipment, robotics and other materials.
In Jackson airport case, eight lawmakers subpoenaed
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Eight members of the Legislature received subpoenas in the yearlong case about control of the Jackson airport. Attorneys for members of the Jackson Municipal Airport authority filed notices on April 6 to serve subpoenas to legislators for documents going back five years related to the authority’s performance in managing the Jackson-Medgar Evers International Airport as well as any information that went into the decision to introduce a bill in 2016 to install a new airport board. In 2016, lawmakers approved legislation that would replace the five-member board of commissioners selected by Jackson officials with a nine-member commission appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and supervisors in Madison and Rankin counties as well as Jackson officials. The bill prompted a lawsuit from the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth, a Jackson resident and former airport commissioner. The city of Jackson, along with each of the city council members, later joined Stallworth’s suit as plaintiffs in the federal suit.
Bicentennial South strikes up the bands on Day 2
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A big parade and the return of “Miss Issippi” entertain afternoon crowds