October 8, 2026 2:46 am
(The Center Square) – The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel and rejected constitutional claims from Jackson residents who say city officials exposed them to contaminated drinking water and misled them about its safety. The en banc court ruled Friday that the residents cannot pursue their claims under the U.S. ...
(Legal Newsline) – Mississippi’s statute shielding health care professionals from personal injury or wrongful death claims during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot stop a wrongful death lawsuit unless there’s no question that plaintiff’s claims “were attributable to the limiting effects of COVID-19 on healthcare resources,” the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled. The Court’s Aug. 27 opinion, written by Associate Justice T. Kenneth ...
(The Center Square) – Mississippi is set to receive nearly $189 million over the next decade as part of a multi-state settlement with Meta that will also impose new limits on how minors use Facebook and Instagram. Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Wednesday that Mississippi will receive $188.98 million under the agreement. The state’s potential recovery could grow to about ...
“What is a think tank?” is a question I get asked all the time. The job of a think tank is to generate the ideas that politicians implement in office. If politics were the movie industry, those we elect would be the stars on the big screen; think tanks help write the script. “But don’t politicians have ideas of their ...
