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Efforts by the majority-white Mississippi Legislature to create courts with appointed rather than elected judges and to expand patrols by state police inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson amount to “Jim Crow 2.0,” a Democratic former state lawmaker said Tuesday.

People in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city say the mostly white state Legislature is trying to encroach on their rights of self-government.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen…

People in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city say the mostly white state Legislature is trying to encroach on their rights of self-government. Republican lawmakers say they are trying to reduce crime and improve water service in the Democratic-run city. That’s not how Jackson restaurant owner Timothy Norris sees it. He says random gunfire and a decaying city water system are problems — but, he does not want a state takeover of Jackson. One legislative proposal would expand territory of a state-run police department inside Jackson and create a court with appointed, rather than elect...