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June 22, 2009

Supreme Court keeps Voting Rights Act intact for Miss. and elsewhere

Supreme Court keeps Voting Rights Act intact for Miss. and elsewhere The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday in a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act, exempting a small Texas governing authority from a key provision of the civil rights law but side-stepping the larger constitutional issue. The court, with only one justice in dissent,…
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June 22, 2009

Mississippi targeting high infant mortality

Mississippi targeting high infant mortality For decades, Mississippi has borne the shame of having the nation’s highest infant-mortality rate – a rate higher than some poor countries such as Costa Rica. Now health and medical officials are fighting back with the nation’s first large pilot program aimed at reducing infant mortality among mothers who already…