The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this fall. The case, brought by Mississippi officials, asks the court to consider whether the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks is constitutional. At present, states may not ban abortions that take place before …
Read More »Bridge over Mississippi river closed for repairs after inspectors discover MAJOR CRACK, river transport grinds to a halt
Built in the 1960s and reinforced in the last two decades, the Hernando de Soto Bridge carries Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. As many as 50,000 vehicles, including more than 9,000 trucks, use the bridge every day, officials said. However, the Tennessee …
Read More »Mississippi’s ban on trans athletes competing in sports is a step in the right direction to stop kids’ gender being weaponized
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves pledged on Thursday that he would sign the legislation which passed the state Senate last month and was approved by the House earlier this week. In a recent Facebook post, he mentioned his two daughters’ dedication to team sports, suggesting they were being unfairly disadvantaged thanks …
Read More »Mississippi school asks students to ‘pretend to be slaves’ for class assignment, gets roasted for ‘whitewashing’ slavery
As part of a class project, eighth graders at Purvis Middle School were told to “pretend like you are a slave working on a Mississippi plantation” and to imagine their day-to-day lives, their journey to the United States and the type of labor they were forced to perform, among other …
Read More »Biden blasts Texas, Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions: ‘No time for Neanderthal thinking’
“I think it’s a big mistake. Look, I hope everybody’s realized by now, these masks make a difference,” Biden said when directly asked about the two states. Despite a promise that vaccines will be available for every American by May, Biden said masks are as important as ever. “The last …
Read More »‘Greatest country in the history of the world’? Mississippi legislators balk at governor’s proposed ‘Patriotic Education Fund’
Reeves’ call for spending $3 million on a “Patriotic Education Fund” has met with a chilly reception even from many in his own party, who pointed out in the days since the governor unveiled his proposal earlier this week that it has long been the job of individual school districts …
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