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Case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are now open to the public for the first time.
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The 126-year-old banner was the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem. The Mississippi Constitution currently requires a statewide candidate to win a majority of the popular vote and a majority of electoral vote. One electoral vote is awarded to the candidate receiving the most support in each of the 122 state House districts. If no candidate wins both the popular vote and the electoral vote, the race is decided by the state House. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III wrote last November that he has grave concern about the constitutionality the electoral vote provision.
Mississippi Governor-elect Tate Reeves addresses his supporters at a state GOP election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Jackson, Miss. Reeves, the current lieutenant governor, defeated Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood. Tate Reeves on Tuesday defeated fourth-term Attorney General Jim Hood in the hardest-fought Mississippi governor's race since 2003. The Republican state treasurer, Lynn Fitch, was elected attorney general. She defeated Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins, a military veteran and former director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)JACKSON, MS The Latest on President Donald Trump campaigning in Mississippi (all times local):10 p.m.President Donald Trump is citing the House impeachment inquiry as a reason that voters in Mississippi should vote for a Republican candidate for governor. __8:20 p.m.President Donald Trump is mocking former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke after he ended his Democratic presidential campaign. ___6:30 p.m.President Donald Trump is too busy campaigning for GOP gubernatorial candidates to attend a pair of Asia summits this weekend in suburban Bangkok. Hundreds of people are waiting to see President Donald Trump at an arena in north Mississippi.
