February 2023

Laura Elizabeth Istre

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Published in Jennings Daily News February 10, 2023

Jerry James Mayeux

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Donald L Guidry

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Lawmaker: Power struggle is ‘decapitation’ of black-run city

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black lawmakers in Mississippi are denouncing efforts by the majoritywhite and Republican-led state Legislature to grab power from the majority-Black and Democratic-led capital city of Jackson.

Man who fatally shot three Texas teens in 1998 faces execution

HOUSTON (AP) — An inmate convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago faces execution Wednesday amid allegations that his trial was marred by racial bias.

Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol.

Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of protest during his State of the Union address showcased a striking apparent turnaround for the party that built a brand for years trying to do just that.

Prosecutor: Chasing Horse ‘grooming’ girls to replace wives

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Nevada prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that a former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades should remain in custody because he was “grooming young children” to replace his older wives when he was arrested last week.

Walmart shooting suspect pleads guilty to federal charges

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart, changing his plea weeks after the U.S. government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty for the hate crimes and firearms violations.

Zoo too? Houston Zoo latest to deal with suspicious incident

HOUSTON (AP) — Police are investigating possible vandalism at the Houston Zoo after workers discovered that someone had deliberately cut a fourinch gap in the mesh that covers a habitat for brown pelicans.