AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoMississippi Politics & Courts: Mississippi’s longest-serving chancellor, Vicki R. Barnes, died Sunday at 71, ending a 31-year run that included service as senior chancellor of the Ninth Chancery District. Election & Voting Rights: A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes it harder to challenge majority-minority voting districts, raising fears it will weaken Black representation across the South. Campaign Watch (MS Senate): In Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Scott Colom, and independent Ty Pinkins traded sharp lines on the Iran war and household costs, with gas prices and energy prices front and center. State Government & Higher Ed: Mississippi State named Kristine Evans interim director of the Geosystems Research Institute, with John Cartwright named interim associate director. Legal System Integrity: A federal judge’s AI-laced order in a Mississippi civil rights case is now under scrutiny by the 5th Circuit, spotlighting the need for judges to verify AI-assisted work. Public Safety Messaging: Republicans are leaning back into “crime” attacks, including Hyde-Smith’s ad tying rising violent crime to Colom’s time as district attorney.
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