Mississippi legislature articles
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Ontario legislature keffiyeh ban loosened, but not overturned
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The Speaker of Ontario’s legislature says politicians, staff and visitors will be allowed to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, but he is upholding his ban on the scarf inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who sits as an independent after being booted from the NDP caucus last year, put on a keffiyeh as […]
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University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned
Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards Black womanDozens of students at the University of Mississippi gathered this week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel.There were hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters. The scene evoked memories of the resistance to the civil rights...
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On Politics: Legislature gets serious on tax cuts
If the Hawaii state Legislature closes as expected, the theme has to be the struggle of lawmakers to grasp the importance of recognizing and fixing state money problems.