By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is ruling that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and lesbian people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court…
John Paul Stevens, who served on the Supreme Court for nearly 35 years, died Tuesday at the age of 99. Stevens was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Gerald Ford in 1975. He was born on the south side…
While the LGBT community continues to fight against a Mississippi law they view as a violation of gay rights, the Supreme Court is choosing to look away. Mississippi justices refuse to hear cases challenging House Bill 1523. Those in our…
The Singing River Health Systems retirement fund case is taking a big leap forward now that a petition has been filed in U.S. Supreme Court. Kitty Aguilar thought she’d rest when she retired after thirty years at Singing River Hospital.…
The Mississippi Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the under funding of Mississippi's Education Funding Formula. Former Governor Ronnie Musgrove is making his case to justices demanding the state pay $236 million dollars for shorting 21 school districts between 2010…
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Mississippi seeking to put in place restrictions on abortion clinics that were struck down by lower courts. This morning, the justices refused to hear the appeal involving a law that would have…
The U.S. Supreme Court orders lower courts in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana to re-examine three death penalty convictions for evidence of racial prejudice in jury selection. the decisions follow the high court's may decision to overturn the conviction and death…
Local conservatives are also on the edge of their seats to see who will replace Justice Scalia and more importantly how that successor will be chosen. Republic representatives tell News 25 Scalia was widely known as a Constitutionalist and that…
Gov. Bryant Statement Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision
A hold up in Mississippi is preventing same sex couples from getting marriage licenses. News 25 spoke with couples at the Harrison County Circuit Clerks Office today.
Nearly five years after the massive spill, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied hearing BP's appeal on private and business claims, meaning the British oil giant must continue to make the payments on the $7.8 billion agreed on for those claims after the spill.