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Mississippi inmate deaths expose a corrections system in crisis
In a single week, five people incarcerated in Mississippi jails have died at the hands of other inmates. The deaths have highlighted a system in dire condition, suffering from staffing problems and deteriorating facilities. Jerry Mitchell, founder of the Mississippi…
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Louisiana researchers tackle a changing Mississippi Delta
An effort to reconnect Louisiana wetlands to historical levels is taking place at Louisiana State University, where a 10,000-square-foot replica of the Mississippi Delta is now housed. Researchers are working to understand how man-made changes are impacting the Mississippi River…
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Climate change is jeopardizing trade along the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River's superhighway in Louisiana accounts for thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in trade through the shipping industry. But as climate change causes water levels to rise, activists and experts are looking for ways to tackle the…
4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week
The violence comes even as a federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in one Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh.
Tuesday's election outcomes represented successes and failures for both parties. In Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear beat Republican Gov. Matt Bevin by a very slim margin, while Mississippi elected a Republican governor. And Virginia voters put both houses of the state's…
Second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday defeated fourth-term Attorney General Jim Hood in the hardest-fought Mississippi governor's race since 2003.
In Mississippi, Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood is locked in a tight contest with Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump. The president is traveling to Tupelo, Mississippi, for a rally Friday. Watch live here…
Plaintiffs' attorneys said Mississippi's history of racially polarized voting means that candidates preferred by black voters must receive a higher share of the statewide vote to win a majority of House districts.
Trump administration officials are defending last week’s mass immigration raids in Mississippi, including emotional footage of a girl pleading with authorities to let her father go.
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