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Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday. Kemp Martin said a panel of federal appeals judges made the correct decision Aug. 4 when they ruled that Mississippi's ban on voting after conviction for crimes including forgery and bigamy is a violation of the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual pun...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday. Greta Kemp Martin faces first-term Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Ty Pinkins faces first-term Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson [...]

Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday.

Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday.

Nearly three dozen veterans were honored with The Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal for their service Monday in Covington.

It’s National Voter Registration Month and Mississippi officials are working to increase voter turnout in the state.

SEVERAL contributors (Letters, September 5 & 6) have lamented the dismal performance of Edinburgh Airport; I can but agree. For 20 years, up to…

Ty Pinkins has been selected by the Mississippi Democratic Party to replace Shuwaski Young in the upcoming secretary of state race. Young, who recently withdrew from the race following a “hypertensive crisis” that resulted in him being hospitalized overnight, was set to face off against incumbent Republican Michael Watson during the...

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Democrats on Thursday named attorney Ty Pinkins as their new nominee for secretary of state to replace a candidate who left the race because of health problems. Pinkins will face Republican incumbent Michael Watson in the Nov. 7 general election. Pinkins was already running a different statewide campaign, challenging Republican U.S. Sen. […]