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A small town suspended its entire police force. Residents want to know why

Summary RIDGELY, Md. (AP) — The small town of Ridgely on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has suspended its entire police force pending the results of an...

AG Fitch Announces Completion of HumanTrafficking Operation in Pearl, Four Victims Reached and One Arrest Mad

Press Release | March 19, 2024 (Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced the completion of a week-long human trafficking investigator training, culminating in...

WARNING: Misleading Annual Report Mailers

Press Release Ms secretary of State| Tuesday, March 19, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office urges the business community, especially LLCs,...

Former Mississippi police officer gets 10 years for possessing child sexual abuse materials

Summary OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer, who was also a part-time volunteer firefighter, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years...

Sentencing continues for deputies who tortured 2 Black men in racist assault

Summary JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sentencing continues Wednesday for white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to breaking into a...

Effort to revive Mississippi ballot initiative process is squelched in state Senate

Summary JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are unlikely to restore a ballot initiative process this year. A Senate chairman killed a proposal Monday. The...

2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences

Summary JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing...

OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Statement on Senate Bill 2780

MICHAEL WATSON Secretary of State| Monday, March 18, 2024 As Mississippi’s Secretary of State, I take seriously my role as a statewide elected official to...

A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds

Summary Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States. They provide 24/7 emergency care and receive more than $3...

Mississippi ex-police officer pleads guilty after making man lick urine off jail floor

Summary JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge after authorities say he forced a...

Mississippi Earns Top Tier Status for Health Emergency Preparedness

Press Release | Mississippi Department of Health | March 14, 2024 JACKSON, Miss.— A new report by the nationally renowned organization Trust for America’s Health...

Transgender recognition would be blocked under Mississippi bill defining sex as ‘man’ or ‘woman’

Summary JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — House lawmakers in Mississippi have approved a bill that would define sex as binary. The bill passed Wednesday follows the...

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