Tag: Mississippi

The cast of "The Laramie Project" performs a dress rehearsal at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Phillip Waller)

University of Mississippi hate speech: All audience called to dialogue

Associated Press · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

In this July 30, 2013 photograph, a farm tractor is seen tilling a field in Tunica, Miss. Area residents are hopeful at the promise of the jobs and tax base the opening of a GreenTech Automotive's Tunica assembly facility could provide in the Delta, where only farming, casinos and scant manufacturing jobs exist. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Energy and Environment

Report: GreenTech Automotive suspected in ‘visas-for-sale’ scheme

Michal Conger · September 24, 2013 4:00 am

Josie McClorine, president of the Claiborne County School Board, left, listens as the school district's attorney, Everett Sanders speaks to the specifics of criteria used by the Commission on School Accreditation to evaluate their schools in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Takeovers set for 2 of 3 Mississippi school districts

Jeff Amy · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Republican Thad Cochran told The Associated Press on Monday that he's leaning against military action but still considering President Barack Obama's arguments for it. (Getty Images)

Most in Mississippi delegation oppose action in Syria

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS · September 9, 2013 4:00 am

"Zombie voters" are names on voter roles that don't correspond to eligible citizens. (Thinkstock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Zombie voters must go

Ashe Schow · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Dream Defenders and their supporters protest outside Florida Gov. Rick Scott's office in the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., last week. (AP/Phil Sears)

Forget the Old South: Trayvon Martin was no Emmett Till

Michael Barone · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

This is a Sept. 16, 2010 Mississippi Department of Corrections provided photograph of death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning, taken at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Miss., who is scheduled to die by lethal injection, Tuesday, May 7. State Attorney General Jim Hood says a new round of DNA testing on evidence collected against Manning will not exonerate him in the 1992 deaths of two students. (AP Photo/Mississippi Department of Corrections)

Evidence challenged: Mississippi court blocks execution

Jack Elliott · May 7, 2013 4:00 am

In this Feb. 15, 2013 photograph, Clarksdale High School students delve into the complexities of chemistry equations, in Clarksdale, Miss. Community leaders hope improved education will help stanch a hemorrhaging population. The city's nine public schools may also be the crossroads of Mississippi's education system as state lawmakers are considering a new route, one characterized by charter schools, teacher merit pay, a tougher statewide curriculum, state-paid preschool classes and an intensive focus on reading for young students. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi prepares new push on education

Jeff Amy · May 6, 2013 4:00 am

Taekwondo Instructor Arrested in Ricin Case

Daniel Halper · April 27, 2013 1:58 pm

Mississippi man charged in suspicious letters case

Holbrook Mohr · April 27, 2013 4:00 am

FBI: Mississippi man arrested in suspicious letters case

Associated Press, Holbrook Mohr · April 27, 2013 4:00 am

Federal authorities in hazmat suits stand outside a small retail space where neighboring business owners said Everett Dutschke used to operate a martial arts studio, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Tupelo, Miss., in connection with the recent ricin attacks. No charges have been filed against Dutschke and he hasn't been arrested. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Ricin-laced letters leading to a Mississippi mystery

Jeff Amy, Holbrook Mohr · April 25, 2013 4:00 am