Government coverage from Mississippi USA Wire.
Mississippi’s government said health and safety problems in the foster care system are not being intentionally ignored as the state’s attorneys continue their efforts to dismiss federal oversight over its child welfare system.
A second man was denied bond Wednesday in connection with the killing of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four who was found last month hanging from a tree in west Jackson.
The trial began Wednesday for two former Capitol Police officers charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a 25-year-old Jackson man.
Carl Boyanton, an independent candidate running for the 4th Congressional District, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep.