by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, discrimination, election, federal government, federal law, justice, lawsuit, pre-clearance, race, state government, vote, voter, Voting, voting right
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an argument at the court, liberal and conservative justices engaged in a sometimes tense back and forth over whether there is an ongoing need [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
Tags: culture, damage, hertiage, history, military, Museum, race, tornado, tourism, tourist, visitor, Weather
SOIUTH MISSISSIPPI — President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the State of Mississippi following a massive tornado that destroyed or heavily damaged more than 800 homes in the southern part of the state. Obama signed the declaration yesterday and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in Forrest and Lamar [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: bench, decision, desegregate, desegregation, education, elementary education, elementary school, equality, federal government, high school, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, plan, public education, public school, race, ruling, school, school district, secondary education, segreagate, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge has rejected a desegregation plan submitted by the Cleveland School District that relied on creation of magnet programs to attract whites to schools that are predominately black. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson’s ruling came this past week. In Cleveland, two middle schools and two high [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 28,2013
Tags: college, election, higher education, investigation, investigator, poll, public university, race, race relations, riot, socail media, vote, voter, Voting
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi faculty/staff Incident Review Committee (IRC) assigned to determine the facts of a widely reported election night incident has released its report, finding that student misrepresentations on social media, including Facebook and Twitter, were fuel for the events that happened on campus that night. The IRC has forwarded the names [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: agency, bench, court, decision, desegration, discrimination, education, education lementary education, federal, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plan, race, racial discrimination, school district, school public dschool, secondary education, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge says he will rule after the first of the year on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glenn H. Davidson told attorneys after a hearing in Oxford that he wanted to give the Department of Justice time to review [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bench, court, desegregation, education, elementary school, federal, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, law, learn, legal, public school, race, school, school district, secondary education, student, teacher, teaching, trial
CLEVELAND — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School. The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, color, county government, decision, district, election, federal court, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, party, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, request, rule, ruling, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — A federal judge has denied a request by Hinds County Supervisor Phil Fisher and the Republican Party to bar the county from using its new redistricting plan in November elections, which involves only the five local election commission members. Still pending is the original lawsuit filed in September, which asks that the new [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: association, court, discrimination, district, election, federal government, group, lawsuit, organization, party, political, politican, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, state government, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has released a statement following the NAACP’s legal action regarding redistricting. Hosemann wrote: “It has always been my position the Mississippi Legislature should be able to redistrict itself and not the federal courts. The Mississippi House and Senate adopted fair redistricting plans that even received approval by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 9,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, county, court, district, elected official, election, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, lawsuit, politician, Politics, ppoll, public official, race, redistrict, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — The four black elected supervisors in Mississippi’s most populated county asked a federal judge yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of improperly using race as a consideration in redrawing voting districts. The lawsuit against the black members of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors was filed Sept. 19 in U.S. District Court [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 4,2012
Tags: adult entertainment, case, court, dancer, discrimination, employer, employment, job, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, race, Strip club, stripper, work, worker
JACKSON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a Mississippi strip club that it says discriminated against black dancers. The lawsuit alleges that Danny’s Cabaret in Jackson forced black dancers to work less lucrative shifts than whites, subjected them to arbitrary fees and fines and excluded them from advertisements promoting [...] [...]
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