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Family gets chance to sue after mom declared dead too early

Wednesday, April 22 by The Center Square

The family of a woman who was briefly found to be alive after being declared brain dead and taken to an organ-donation center can try again to sue over the mistake. ... Read More.

NAACP sues xAI over air pollution near Memphis data center

Wednesday, April 15 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against Elon Musk's xAI, saying the company is illegally operating 27 methane gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center complex across the state line in Memphis. ... Read More.

Op-Ed: For lower electricity prices, build baby build

Tuesday, April 14 by The Center Square

Americans are fed up with five years of sharply rising electricity prices. Left unchecked, this will worsen, and not because of skyrocketing oil costs, as oil accounts for one percent of U.S. electric power, or data centers, which currently consume five percent of electricity. ... Read More.

Big oil find in Gulf promises more coastal restoration funding

Friday, April 10 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - A well yielding "high-quality" oil discovered off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of America by a partnership of three international energy companies should boost the state's tax revenues for coastal restoration beginning as early as 2027. ... Read More.

ALEC: Mississippi 19th in energy retail price

Wednesday, April 1 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Mississippi is 19th in electricity affordability in the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC released its analysis on Wednesday. North... Read More.

Justices appear skeptical of late mail-in ballot deadlines

Monday, March 23 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to strike down state laws allowing mail-in ballots to be received after Election Day. Justices on the court... Read More.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear mail-in ballots case Monday

Saturday, March 21 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a consequential case to determine at what point states can accept and count mail-in ballots. ... Read More.

Democrats tank DHS funding bill for fourth time

Thursday, March 12 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - U.S. Senate Democrats tanked the Department of Homeland Security funding bill for a fourth time Thursday, ensuring the department's funding lapse will span at least a month. ... Read More.

Thompson holds onto Democrat House nomination

Wednesday, March 11 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., won the Democratic nomination for his seat in Congress Tuesday that he was first elected to in 1993, surviving a primary challenge from 34-year-old antitrust lawyer Evan Turnage. ... Read More.

Hyde-Smith retains Mississippi GOP nomination

Wednesday, March 11 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won her race in the Mississippi primary as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on Tuesday. She will face off in the Nov. 3 general election against Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney in the state. ... Read More.

Mississippi primaries to watch on Tuesday

Sunday, March 8 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Mississippi will hold its state primary elections on Tuesday, making it the fourth state in the nation to elect party representatives in preparation for the 2026 midterm elections. One Democratic primary in the state has been labeled a battleground race... Read More.

More states implementing targeted border crime operations, latest in Mississippi

Wednesday, February 25 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - When previous U.S. attorneys or the Department of Justice weren't prosecuting border crimes, local law enforcement felt as if they didn't have federal support. This has now changed, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi Scott Leary said. ... Read More.

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