GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump praised Charlie Kirk as a “great American hero” and “martyr” for freedom as he and other prominent conservatives gathered Sunday evening to honor the slain conservative political activist whose work they say they must now advance. The memorial service for Kirk, whom Trump credits with playing a pivotal […]
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Two candidates vying for a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court have starkly different records on key issues. Conservative Republican Mississippi Sen. Jenifer Branning...
Incumbent Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens had four challengers hoping to replace him on the state’s highest court. After Kitchens was forced to a runoff by state Sen. Jenifer Branning, the weeks preceding the final vote on Tuesday, November 26 have served to intensify the contentious race. During the...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, attorneys say in new court papers. Most of the people affected are disenfranchised for life because the...
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Lawyers on both sides of a corruption scandal in Mississippi’s capital city are seeking to delay the upcoming trial date, citing not enough time to review evidence. Legal counsel for Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Councilman Aaron Banks, and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens filed a joint motion with...
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