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Mayor Johnny Dupree Honors Lab Techs

On Tuesday's, March 20th City Council meeting Mayor Johnny Dupree honored lab techs from the area.

Public Hearing Nixed Due to Back Room Negotiations, Leaving Hippo Supporters Thirsty for Details.

As the Jackie Dole Community Center was filling up with Thirsty Hippo Supporters and media, John Lee and his legal...

Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discusses the proposed night club ordinance on 2.06.12.

In this video with WDAM, Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discussed the proposed nightclub ordinance. Ware later refused to support...

Hattiesburg city council redistricting public hearing Jackie Dole Community Center May 17th video (PART 2 HD)

This part two begins in the middle of Reverend Ken Fairley's presentation to the council. His plan creates a 3rd...

Reverend Ken Fairley presented his redistricting plan on May 29th, 2012

Reverend Ken Fairley stood before a mostly white audience and gave a heartfelt presentation about the fairness of three minority-majority...

Redistricting Public Hearing #3 at Danny Hinton Community Center Full Video (HD)

These videos are HD and require a broadband internet connection. Part 1 This video includes Chris Watkins giving an overview of the...

Ethics complaints against Rep. Steven Palazzo likely to ‘evaporate’ in Congress

A year-and-a-half long probe by the House Ethics Committee into alleged misspending of campaign and congressional money and misuse of his office by Rep. Steven Palazzo isn’t likely to yield results, said an attorney...

Divided panel of federal judges refuses to rule on constitutionality of redrawn U.S. House map

A three-judge federal panel that has been overseeing the redistricting of Mississippi’s congressional seats since the early 2000s has declined to rule on whether the state’s four newly drawn U.S. House districts are constitutional. Judges...

Chief Justice Randolph gave state judges a pay raise, then lawmakers gave them another

Mississippi lawmakers rubber-stamped a pay raise Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph gave to himself and other state judges last year and provided judges an additional pay raise during the completed 2022 session. House Bill...

Redistricting gives Republicans chance to increase legislative super majorities

Republicans have a reasonable chance of increasing their much ballyhooed super majorities, at least in the Mississippi House, in the 2023 elections based on the redrawing of the legislative districts earlier this year. It might...

Former auditors question whether Shad White was too close to investigate Phil Bryant

Three former state auditors say they would have recused themselves or limited their involvement in the investigation into Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal to avoid perceptions of conflict of interest due to current auditor Shad...

Civil rights attorney signals possible lawsuit over new legislative districts that dilute Black votes

Veteran civil rights attorney Carroll Rhodes of Hazlehurst said Tuesday that talks are ongoing over whether to file a lawsuit challenging the 174 state legislative districts for diluting the voting strength of Mississippi’s minority...

‘No-Show Palazzo’: Congressman, still under investigation, absent from campaign trail

OCEAN SPRINGS — Just a few hours before a congressional candidate’s forum was slated to begin on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo’s staff called event organizers and said he couldn’t make it because he had...

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