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Mississippi Supreme Court paves way for new murder trial for Tameshia Shelton
In a 6-1 vote Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court let stand a state Court of Appeals decision, ordering a new trial for Tameshia Shelton.
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Abortion medication access can continue during lawsuit, US Supreme Court says
The U.S. Supreme Court says women in all states can continue to access a key abortion medication through the mail. The ruling lasts indefinitely while an anti-abortion lawsuit continues.
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Special education teachers were promised an extra $2,000. Where’s the money?
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Department of Justice sides with Elon Musk’s xAI in Southaven lawsuit
Myrlie Evers: I still believe in Mississippi
Voter voices: Reena Evers-Everette witnessed rage over Black voting
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Share Your Experience with Mississippi’s Youth Court System
Reporters for Mississippi Today would like to hear from people who have had first-hand experience with the state’s youth court system. That includes parents whose children have appeared before a youth court or public or private attorneys who have handled these cases.
We’re also interested in hearing from anyone who has interacted with the system, including employees of the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services, health care providers, or foster parents.
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Fellow Mississippians share fact-based perspectives on the state’s past, present, and, most importantly, its future. Have a perspective to share? We’re open to submissions
Each year since 2022, Mississippi has been paid tens of millions of opioid settlement dollars, money that is supposed to help respond to the overdose public health crisis. But 15% of those dollars — the money controlled by the state’s towns, cities and counties — is unrestricted and being spent with almost no public knowledge. Mississippi Today spent the summer finding out how almost every local government receiving money has been managing the money over the past three years.
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Dying in custody: inside mississippi prisons
They spent years in solitary confinement in Mississippi despite suicide risk
MDOC for decades has regularly held incarcerated people in solitary confinement for weeks, months and, in some cases, years at a time.
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