BREAKING: Already sentenced to years in federal prison, six ex-Mississippi law officers have been sentenced in state court for torturing two Black men. apnews.com/article/missis…

#Mississippi bill would limit where transgender people can use bathrooms in public buildings (from The Associated Press) #msleg #msgov apnews.com/article/aad5b1…

#Mississippi Senate blocks House proposal to revise school funding formula (from The Associated Press) #msleg #msgov #msedu apnews.com/article/4cff34…

#Mississippi would get 2 more state symbols, under a bill that passed the House — the quarter horse and the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle. SB2142 started w only the horse. House added the turtle. Bill gallops/swims back to Senate. #msleg #msgov

AP PHOTOS: Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/0a0772…

As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home. A complicated story of struggle and resilience has emerged in the year since everything changed for the people of Rolling Fork. The Associated Press Report for America
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Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Language Curmudgeon, tells colleagues that a bill came from the House with a split infinitive, and that problem has been fixed. #msleg #msgov

#ShoutOut my The Associated Press colleague Simina Mistreanu
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BREAKING: Ron Eller wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. #APRaceCall at 8:17 p.m. CDT. apnews.com/hub/election-2…

A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men.

On the final day of sentencing, Michael Corey Jenkins had this to say: “If those who are in charge of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office can participate in these kinds of torture, God help us all,” Jenkins said. “And God help Rankin County.”

White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in #Mississippi (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/6d0fb2…

#Mississippi ex-deputy gets 40-year sentence as judge decries brutal attack on 2 Black men (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/94d9dc…

#Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/d2eb6b…

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. The Associated Press Report for America
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Effort to revive #Mississippi ballot initiative process is squelched by a chairman in state Senate (from The Associated Press) #msleg #msgov apnews.com/article/3a09a7…

ICYMI over the weekend, my latest for The Associated Press: Rural emergency hospitals are emerging across the country. The feds pay these facilities about $3M a year. The catch is they have to close their beds. Read about how it’s going in Nebraska, Georgia and Mississippi.apnews.com/article/19b321…

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#Mississippi ex-police officer pleads guilty after making man lick urine off jail floor (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/2ed5b3…

A proposal to merge 2 universities fizzles in the #Mississippi Senate (from The Associated Press) #msleg #msgov #msedu apnews.com/article/bf5b15…