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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
May 13, 2024

Legislation signed into law defining sexes, protecting single-sex spaces for women

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves was pleased to sign the SAFER Act into law, saying "it's mind blowing" that the legislation was even necessary.
News  |  Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project  • 
May 13, 2024

Mississippi lawmakers considered modest public defense reforms. They rejected all of them.

With its refusal to impose oversight or consistent standards in local defense, Mississippi risks falling further behind rest of the U.S., critics say.