Robert G. Clark, who became the first Black legislator in Mississippi since Reconstruction, died at age 96, having served as chairman of both the House Ethics Committee and the Education Committee, and as speaker pro tempore from 1992-2004.
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Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police department in one of the nation’s poorest counties unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they could afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Feb. 29. The announcement comes amid a Justice Department probe […]