Wyatt Emmerich: State has prison leaders focusing on rehabilitation
By Wyatt Emmerich 4 hours ago
Wyatt Emmerich
After hearing Bradley Lum speak to our Rotary Club, I was so pumped.
I could see a path to reforming our prison system in Mississippi, something we desperately need to achieve if our state is to move forward.
From the get go, I supported Gov. Tate Reeves’ appointment of Burl Cain to be the new head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. (MDOC). After a lengthy meeting with Cain in my office, I was even more convinced.
Since then, Cain has been relentlessly moving MDOC in the right direction a direction of rehabilitation instead of resignation.
Starkville Athletic Club sues city for required closing during pandemic Joe Underwood
The managers of a Starkville gym are suing the city in federal court, claiming that being required to close during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic violated their constitutional rights.
Starkville Athletic Club owner John Underwood and his son, manager and CEO Joe Underwood, filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. They claim the closing is a “taking” of private property “for public use, without just compensation” and therefore violates the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The gym’s loss of income since having to close further violates the Fifth Amendment, the complaint reads, because the city imposed a fine and imprisonment as consequences for violating Gov. Tate Reeves’ executive order. The suit requests the city pay damages to Starkville Athletic Club for its income lost.
Masks in Mississippi schools to remain mandatory through semester
MGN Online
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 3:05 PM
Updated: May 1, 2021 7:28 AM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Masks will still be required in schools through the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.
That s according to Gov. Tate Reeves latest executive order.
This order goes into effect at 5 p.m. Friday, April 30.
Mississippians are still encouraged to follow guidelines from the CDC and the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Alejandra Caraballo, staff attorney for Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Bills in state legislatures
Yes, legislation that targets transgender people has been introduced in at least 33 states in 2021, according to three organizations tracking anti-transgender bills.
WHAT WE FOUND
There are several organizations tracking anti-transgender bills being introduced across the U.S. One of them is Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBTQ advocacy group. In a press release from March 13, HRC said more anti-transgender bills has been introduced in 2021 than any other year in American history. In a tweet on April 19, HRC said it had found 33 states where anti-transgender legislation had been introduced.
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