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Circuit Court Judge Winston L. Kidd, center, stands with other Hinds County judicial officers as he speaks about their opposition of proposed House Bill 1020 at the Hinds County Circuit Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Another stay blocks law to create separate court in Jackson
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/12/23-3:50PM , 626 Reads 8,118 Statewide
A federal judge temporarily blocked the controversial House Bill 1020 from becoming law Friday.
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The Union County Courthouse in New Albany was constructed in 1909. The courthouse is said to be named for Union District, South Carolina, the former home of many of the county's settlers. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Judge lets ex-Ole Miss student walk on attempted murder charge
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/12/23-11:56AM , 594 Reads 8,045 Statewide
A Union County judge has dismissed an attempted murder charge against a 24-year-old former Ole Miss student accused of stabbing a Tennessee man in the neck because the victim did not come to court.
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Hinds judge mulls putting hold on law creating separate court district in Jackson
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/10/23-5:00PM , 629 Reads 10,310 Statewide
The three Jackson women serving as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the controversial House Bill 1020 testified Wednesday the law would impact their right to elect judges from their community like other residents of the state are able to do.
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The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant remains active in Ridgeland, Mississippi on September 1, 2022. (Rory Doyle/Deep Indigo Collective for Mississippi Today)

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State discriminating against Jackson in water infrastructure funding, nonprofit alleges
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/05/23-2:40PM , 588 Reads 6,680 Statewide
A complaint by the Southern Poverty Law Center asks the U.S. Department of Treasury to investigate alleged discriminatory funding of water infrastructure in Jackson through the state’s distribution of federal relief funds.
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