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Waller, Randolph, Coleman win Supreme Court races

Ross Reily — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:20:58 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Supreme Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. has won another term on the state’s highest court. A late push put Waller ahead of state Rep. Earle Banks, a Jackson Democrat, by 10 percentage points with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Waller, chief justice since 2009, won an eight-year term that begins in January [...]

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Waller eulogized as transformative Miss. governor

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:06:18 +0000

JACKSON — Former Mississippi Gov. William Waller Sr. was remembered Saturday as a transformative figure who helped the state move beyond its segregationist politics during his tenure from 1972 to 1976. More than 1,000 people attended Waller’s funeral at First Baptist Church in downtown Jackson. Hundreds more streamed through the Capitol rotunda earlier in the [...]

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Gartin Justice Building Dedication

Stephen McDill — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:17:05 +0000

JACKSON- Judges, elected and retired state officials, attorneys and the general public gather at the recently opened Carroll Gartin Justice Building (named for the late lieutenant governor) to christen the new home of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

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