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Mississippi city sets amnesty day for unpaid court fines
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,01/29/22-9:32AM , 184 Reads
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A south Mississippi city is holding an amnesty day next month to work with residents to resolve unpaid fines.
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- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, walks with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., behind them at center, after attending a Democratic policy luncheon, on Nov. 16, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. While Manchin and Sinema’s opposition to changing Senate rules stalled the party's signature voting legislation this month, they have been reliable votes on President Joe Biden's nominees to the courts. The two Democratic senators will be the center of attention as Biden moves forward with a pick to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Divided no more? Court opening may draw Democrats together
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
Sat,01/29/22-7:45AM , 224 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress have fractured repeatedly over President Joe Biden’s agenda, stalling legislation and creating an atmosphere of mistrust that has made it increasingly difficult for progressives and centrists to work together.
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- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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Supreme Court pick holds import for Black women in the law
By JAMIE STENGLE AND JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press
Fri,01/28/22-2:42PM , 119 Reads
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — When Markicia Horton graduates this spring from the Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston and takes the bar, she'll be stepping into a world where a Black woman is set to be on the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time in its 232-year history.
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- This undated file photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Matthew Reeves. Late Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the state of Alabama to execute Reeves, an inmate who contended that an intellectual disability combined with the state’s inattention cost him a chance to avoid lethal injection and choose a new method. Reeves was condemned for killing a man during a robbery in 1996. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Man executed for 1996 killing after Supreme Court clears way
By JAY REEVES - Associated Press
Thu,01/27/22-11:45PM , 263 Reads
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed an inmate by lethal injection for a 1996 murder on Thursday after a divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state and rejected defense claims the man had an intellectual disability that cost him a chance to choose a less “torturous,” yet untried, execution method.
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