Tag: Capital

Racial bias didn’t shape Mississippi’s water funding decisions for capital city, EPA says

JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it found “insufficient evidence” that racial discrimination shaped decisions made by two Mississippi agencies about water system funding for the state’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson. The EPA’s Office of External Civil Rights Compliance issued its findings this week about the investigation it started in October […]

11 States to Have 50%+ Capital Gains Rate Under Drastic New Budget

President Joe Biden’s budget proposal has set the stage for tax increase on individuals that could suffocate the economy, making Bidenomics an even bigger drag and sparking heated discussions across political and economic circles. It’s not far-fetched to suggest that this move would have the Founding Fathers doing somersaults in their graves. “How would the […]

Mississippi capital revamping how it notifies next of kin about deaths with Justice Department help

JACKSON, Miss. — After men near Mississippi’s capital were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’ knowledge, the U.S. Justice Department will help the city’s police revamp policies for performing next-of-kin death notifications. The intervention follows the discovery that seven men were buried in unmarked graves without their families’ knowledge. At least three of […]

Myanmar resistance group’s drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked. The opposition National Unity Government’s “Defense Ministry” said in a statement that special units of […]