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February 19, 2016

SALTER remembers #SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia

SID SALTER: Scalia’s affinity for Mississippi went beyond love of outdoors Perhaps no single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court – save Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the only Mississippian ever to serve on the nation’s highest court – spent more time in Mississippi than did Antonin Scalia. The jurist spoke multiple times at Mississippi State…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 19, 2016

State Sen. David Jordan speaks at Capitol rally to change #MSflag, calls it an embarrassment

Lawmaker: Confederate sign on Mississippi flag a ‘disgrace’ Democratic Sen. David Jordan of Greenwood also says the flag is an embarrassment to more than 1 million African-Americans who make up nearly 38 percent of Mississippi’s population. He spoke Thursday as more than 200 people rallied outside the state Capitol for lawmakers to redesign the 122-year-old…