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JACKSON, Miss - On Monday, the Mississippi House Universities and Colleges Committee passed Senate Bill 2113. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi released the following statement:
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JACKSON, Miss. – Advocacy organizations, including Mississippi Center for Re-entry, New Way Mississippi, Inc., HOPE Credit Union Enterprise Corporation Policy Institute, RECH Foundation, and American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, will hold a news conference....
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi sent a letter to Jackson Police Chief James Davis, City of Jackson Attorney Catoria Martin, and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba calling on the police department to end its Ticket, Arrest, Tow (TAT)...
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JACKSON, Miss. – Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi sent a letter to Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee, warning that his reported actions, attempting to influence a book ban at the Ridgeland Public Library, are plainly unconstitutional.
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JACKSON, Miss. - The ultimate voter suppression bill is impending in the Mississippi House of Representatives. House Bill 1510 has passed the House Elections Committee and is headed to the full House for vote.
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HORN LAKE, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP have secured a consent decree that favorably resolves a federal lawsuit, Abraham House of God v. City of Horn Lake, filed against...