GULFPORT, Mississippi, Feb. 23 -- The League of Women Voters of Mississippi issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Voting and disability rights advocates are asking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Republican Party and Republican National Committee that seeks to overturn a Mississippi law that allows for people voting absentee to mail ballots up until Election Day, and to have those ballots counted if they're postmarked by Election Day and received within five bus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The National Right to Life Committee issued the following news release: In recognition of his deep concern for the lives of vulnerable unborn babies and their mothers, and his exemplary pro-life voting record, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker received the endorsement of National Right to Life, the nation's oldest and largest pro-life organization, as he seeks re-election in Mississippi. "National Right to Life is pleased to endorse Roger Wicker for re-election to the U.S. Senat  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- The Williams Institute issued the following news release: A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 43 people in Mississippi were arrested for HIV-related crimes between 2004 and 2021. Half of all arrests in the state happened between 2017 and 2021. The HIV epidemic and Mississippi's HIV-related criminal laws disproportionately impact men, and Black men in particular. Men make up 49% of Mississippi's population  more