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October 13, 2016
HARRISON: Chances remote of law being changed in restoring felons’ voting rights
BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi’s forgiveness doesn’t extend to restoring major felons’ voting rights During his final days in office in early 2012, former Gov. Haley Barbour came under immense criticism for issuing more than 200 pardons – some for heinous murders. After remaining silent over the controversial pardons for sometimes, the conservative Republican said he granted…
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August 23, 2016
Gov. Phil Bryant encouraged by Texas judge’s block of Obama Admin’s transgender bathroom directive
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August 5, 2016
@AGJimHood files motion asking SCOTUS to hear Virginia school bathroom case
AG advocates Supreme Court decision on bathroom case Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will file a motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a Virginia case on whether local school districts must allow students to use the bathroom that they identity with sexually. Hood, Mississippi’s only statewide elected Democrat, was criticized in…
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July 8, 2016
Gov. Bryant appealing Judge Reeves’ #HB1523 injunction
Mississippi governor appeals “Religious Freedom” ruling Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, an ardent backer of the state’s controversial “Religious Freedom” law, filed notice Thursday that he is appealing a federal judge’s rejection of the measure last week. Bryant says in a motion filed in U.S. District Court that plaintiffs in four lawsuits contesting the legislation haven’t…
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July 8, 2016
Hood, Reeves the marquee duo at Neshoba
by Frank Corder
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July 7, 2016
Mississippi joins 12 other states in challenge of Obama bathroom directive
Kentucky, Mississippi join Texas-led coalition against transgender bathroom order Kentucky and Mississippi joined the coalition challenging the directive to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. The coalition also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Louisiana, Utah, Arizona and Georgia. Conservative-led states had vowed defiance since…
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June 15, 2016
Southern Baptist Convention votes to ask Christians to discontinue use of Confederate flag #msflag
Southern Baptists oppose Confederate flag The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday urged Christians to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag, recognizing that it is perceived by many as a “symbol of hatred, bigotry and racism” that offends millions of people…. …They also changed the call for Christians to “consider prayerfully whether to limit, or even…
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June 14, 2016
Human Rights Campaign on Orlando: Volatile LGBT debate like in MS influences people to act out bias
MS Congressman, LGBT, Muslim Communities Discuss Florida Mass Shooting Rob Hill is with the Human Rights Campaign of Mississippi. He’s concerned volatile political debates in Mississippi and nationwide over gay marriage and transgender issues are having a negative influence on people willing to act out their biases… …Al-Turk, believes it’s time for political leaders to…
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June 3, 2016
Lincoln Co. Supt. says his district won’t comply with bathroom directive, it isn’t law
Myers: Federal directive is not law Lincoln County School District Superintendent Mickey Myers said his district is unlikely to comply with federal guidance on Title IX, which says sex-based discrimination policies should also apply to transgender students, before the issue is decided in the courts. “Right now this directive is not law,” Myers said. “It’s…
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May 31, 2016
Commercial Appeal: Hood a minority political voice on bathroom issue in region
Crossing the Line: Restroom wars, a worthy grant and some things to watch for Either way, the conflict between Bryant and Hood stands in contrast to surrounding states that have gone all in on the issue that falls along party lines. In neighboring Tennessee, for example, Attorney General Herbert Slatery is clearly on the same…
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May 27, 2016
AG Hood’s political posturing for 2019 outweighs doing his job for majority of Mississippians
Hesitancy to take on Obama administration evident by Frank Corder
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May 27, 2016
AG Hood will not join other states in suing Obama admin over bathroom directive
MS Attorney General says MS will not join transgender bathroom lawsuit Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says Mississippi will not join 11 other states in the federal lawsuit against the Obama administration over it’s directive on transgender bathrooms. “The governor has opted to join Texas in its broad lawsuit against the federal government in his…
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