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In mostly abortion-free Mississippi, court battle continues | 2023-01-28 21:52:21

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A physicians' group based in the Midwest lacks legal standing to challenge a 25-year-old Mississippi Supreme Court ruling recognizing a right to abortion under the state constitution, lawyers for six women who support abortion rights argued in court papers filed Friday.

<p>Attorney General Janet Fitch insisted that the Supreme Court had no cause to review the state's law disenfranchising certain felons. She acknowledged the explicit racist intent embedded in the statute but insisted that "taint" had been removed. </p>

<p>Attorney General Janet Fitch insisted that the Supreme Court had no cause to review the state's law disenfranchising certain felons. She acknowledged the explicit racist intent embedded in the statute but insisted that "taint" had been removed. </p>

A group of black Americans settled their lawsuits against two United States farms for their having replaced them with foreign workers.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work.

Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers' lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers' lawsuits over claims the

Mississippi’s House Republican Caucus does not have to meet in the open, the state Ethics Commission ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for the Republican majority to keep formulating policy and tactics behind closed doors.