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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Wednesday May 29, 2024 ( 4 items )  

D.C. A.G. Schwalb Leads Coalition Opposing Law That Would Disenfranchise Voters With Disabilities
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb led a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing a brief in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose opposing an Ohio law that makes it a crime, in most situations, to help others return absentee ballots. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee ballot unless you are a postal worker or one of a narrow set of family m  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Joins 19-State Lawsuit Against California & Others Threatening Energy System
BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demandi  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Blue-State Attacks on American Energy System
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island to dictate American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies, and they demand billions of dollars in damages. As litigation proceeds   more

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi: Picayune, Mississippi Man Sentenced to Nearly 15 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Picayune man was sentenced to 179 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 124.7 kilograms of methamphetamine. Jeremy Cyntel Turner, 32, was sentenced on May 24, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, in 2015, an investigation began into a large-scale drug trafficking organization locat  more