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Judge allows new court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital, rejecting NAACP request to stop it

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP. Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court … Read more

Appeals court blocks hearings on drawing a second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge’s plan to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines giving Louisiana a second majority-Black district was blocked Thursday by a divided appeals court panel. Supporters of establishing a second such district had hoped a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding a redrawn map in Alabama would … Read more