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Mississippi Republicans pass bill to create separate, unelected court in majority-Black city

Mississippi Republicans pass bill to create separate, unelected court in majority-Black city


Mississippi Republicans pass bill to create separate, unelected court in majority-Black city
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Proposed amendments offered on Tuesday included calls to make the judges residents of the Jackson area and to compel elections for the positions. Both amendments failed.

Jackson has also suffered from a series of water outages due to ailing infrastructure, which has been chronically underfunded by the state for years. Black residents in the poorest parts of the city have been disproportionately affected.

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