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December 19, 2011

Plan for downtown Jackson hotel delayed again but not derailed

Plan for downtown Jackson hotel delayed again but not derailed Dreams of a convention center and hotel in downtown Jackson began in the ’90s. Although plans called for a hotel to be connected to the center by its opening in 2009, it remains years away from reality. Cecil Brown was on a task force of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 19, 2011

National civil rights groups fighting Mississippi’s voter ID law

National civil rights groups fighting voter ID law WASHINGTON — National and local civil rights groups are asking federal officials to aggressively challenge new election laws in Alabama, Mississippi and other states, saying the laws threaten to reverse decades-old efforts to expand voting rights to all Americans. “It’s a widespread rollback of voting rights the…