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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Local Jackson legal groups voiced their concerns on Thursday about the Hinds County ballot shortages on election day. Legal groups, including the Mississippi Center for Justice, the Legal Defense Fund and Mississippi Votes, spoke outside the Hinds County courthouse on Thursday. They said they're committed to finding out what exactly went [...]

Which was initially introduced in 2017, as a suggested aide to infrastructure. at that time, myself, along with the coalition of people that called ourselves, the coalition of economic justice, opposed it, because we saw what it was. but you did have some legislators that looked like us who are in support. but i do want to be clear that when they were presented with that, it was not what we see today. they were presented with an opportunity to assist a community that is in much need of infrastru...