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Justice Department to assist Jackson, Hinds Co. coroner on next-of-kin death notifications
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoThe U.S. Department of Justice announced via a Thursday press release that the department will...
Hinds County's COVID cases up 28.5%; Mississippi cases holding steady
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMississippi reported 8,448 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 8,368 the week...
215 bodies were buried in a Hinds County pauper's field. Lumumba says Jackson isn't involved
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTo associate the City of Jackson with national reports of 215 people who were buried in a pauper's...
Unmarked grave controversies prompt DOJ to assist Mississippi in next-of-kin notifications
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Justice Department has announced it will provide "technical assistance" to a local Mississippi...
Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint Wednesday saying a new Mississippi law discriminates...
Mississippi capital to revamp how it notifies next of kin about deaths with Justice Department help
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter men near Mississippi's capital were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’...
At least 9 precincts in majority-Black Mississippi county ran out of ballots, per reports
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBallots at polling stations in Hinds County, Mississippi’s most populous county, ran out on Tuesday,...
US House chair probes election-night ballot shortages in Mississippi’s largest county
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe chair of a congressional committee with oversight of U.S. federal elections says ballot...
Unlike Reeves in 2020, Presley accepted election math on Nov. 7
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDespite election problems in Democratic-voter rich Hinds County, Brandon Presley did not delay his...
Federal judge extends temporary halt on appointed judges in Mississippi capital
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal judge on Monday extended his order that temporarily stops the Mississippi Supreme Court...