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A statue of the late Gov. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo stands out from the back of a first floor conference room at the Capitol Jan. 22, 2009 in Jackson, Miss. A statue of white supremacist former Mississippi Gov. Theodore Bilbo was quietly moved out of sight in the state Capitol in recent months — a move praised by Black lawmakers who say a politician who built a career on racist rhetoric never deserved a place of prominence.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Statue of racist Mississippi ex-Gov. Bilbo stashed in closet
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,02/09/22-12:52PM , 297 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mystery solved: The top administrator in the Mississippi House says he unilaterally made the decision to take a statue of a racist former Gov. Theodore Bilbo off public display and put it into storage.
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Rep. Nick Bain, R-Corinth, uses his cell phone to take a photograph of the lawmakers in the House chamber at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Lawmakers in both chambers have a Thursday deadline for original floor action on general bills and constitutional amendments originating in their own House. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi could revive a form of initiative process
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,02/08/22-4:05PM , 180 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are working to set a new way for people to petition to put issues on statewide ballots, months after the state Supreme Court tossed out the state's old initiative process.
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A security notice is posted outside the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, Miss., on June 12, 2015. A federal judge has issued a civil contempt order over conditions at the detention center. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, that Hinds County officials have failed to fix problems in the jail that has experienced violence and lax security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Judge issues contempt order over county jail in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,02/07/22-6:08PM , 183 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a civil contempt order against Mississippi's largest county, saying officials have failed to fix more than two dozen problems in a jail plagued by violence and lax security.
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Sean Milner, executive director of The Baptist Children's Village, speaks about his support for Mississippi to create a tuition waiver program for young people who have been in foster care, on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Analysis: Mississippi considers college aid for foster youth
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,02/04/22-4:52PM , 132 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most states already offer scholarships or tuition waivers for young people who have spent time in the foster care system.

Mississippi could join that list this year.
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