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Groups asks Alabama to restore voters to ‘active’ status

Associated Press

Lawsuit: Pretrial monitoring firm ‘extorts’ from defendants

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Group files ethics complaints against 2 Louisiana DAs

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference about opioid addiction, Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Alliance Defending Freedom blasts ‘defamatory’ Southern Poverty Law Center ‘hate group’ label

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, holds up a copy of a lawsuit filed on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public elementary schools during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students and violating the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit trying to strengthen constitutional protections for education. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Left’s inability to win elections leads to hatred attacks

By Robert Knight

Civil rights group’s lawsuit targets bail bond companies

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Joshua Goodman navigates through obstacles in the woods in Jackson, Georgia, on April 1, 2017, during training exercises with the militia, Georgia Security Force. Armed militias in the United States, still wary of perceived threats, foreign and domestic, aren't ready to lay down their arms under President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Under Donald Trump, U.S. militias not ready to lay down arms

By Lisa Marie Pane - Associated Press

Charity website flags dozens of nonprofits as hate groups

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Louisiana city to refund fees in ‘debtor’s prison’ case

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Mississippi editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, holds up a copy of a lawsuit filed on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public elementary schools during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students and violating the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit trying to strengthen constitutional protections for education. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Lawsuit: Mississippi fails to educate black children equally

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Lawmakers sue, challenging governor’s budget cut power

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Alabama city settles suit alleging debtor’s prison

Associated Press

In this Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, protesters carry signs and chant in Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. is exploding behind well-paid ideologues, radical Islamic attacks and the incendiary rhetoric of last years presidential campaign, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday in a new report. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Anti-Muslim hate groups tripled in numbers during 2016: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times