Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Expungement, Non-Adjudication, Collateral Consequences.

The MS Center for Justice has a great webpage with information about expungements. There’s a link to their detailed Expungement Eligibility intake Form. There’s also information if you want to volunteer your time at an Expungement Clinic or if you want to host a clinic in your community.

MPB has a special gift for you! Beginning Monday, January 5th, 2026 at 5pm, @Issue will offer an inside look at the legislative session, interviews with key players, and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. Republican Rebekah Staples and Democrat Brandon Jones join host Wilson Stribling to discuss happenings at the state Capitol. We’re excited that @Issue will be back on MPB Think Radio.

MPB has a gift suggestion for you. If you or someone you love LOVES Mississippi Public Broadcasting, consider getting them an MPB Foundation Membership. $60 for the year or $5 per month, and you get access to Passport to watch MPB and PBS programs on demand and you get our Fine Tuning Program Guide in the mail each month so you can read about what’s coming up at MPB. You can donate from MPBonline.org or from the MPB Public Media app. You can also see MPB scarfs, hoodies, tote bags and socks that are thank you gifts for your donations.

In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Didn’t we just have Eric on our show? Yes! Eric was on March 5th but we had so much we wanted to cover we brough him back today.

You think you know the rules of the road? But do you have the rule book? Sometimes nonfiction reading is fun – check out the Dept of Pubic Safety’s Driver’s License Manual from their website   

In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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Past podcasts with Kyle-Wynn attorneys:

• August 26, 2025: Answering Estate Questions
• April 22, 2025: Wills 2025
• May 14, 2024: Estate Planning 2024
• February 4, 2024: Wills 2024

Where can you get news about our Mississippi Laws? our MPB News program @Issue, Mondays at 5pm. There is extra information on the where you can find their audio podcasts and their YouTube interviews.       

In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: testate, intestate, testamentary

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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When do art and the law meet? Why during Turkey Hunting Season! If you’re confused, stay with us to learn from our guests from the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks  MDWFP Wild Turkey Program Coordinator, Caleb Hinton, and South Region Administrator, Major Kallum Herrington

In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Administrative Regulation, Bag Limit, Harvest Reporting, Wildlife Stamp

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Equal Protection Clause, Civil Rights, Rule of Law

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

Do you need a lawyer? Or do you need scholarship money to go to college or while attending law school? The website for The Magnolia Bar Association has a “find a lawyer” tab and information about scholarships for highschoolers and current law students. 

Do you love MPB? Would you like some “MPB” stuff? A Felder Rushing – The Gestalt Gardner t-shirt? Tomorrow – Friday, March 13th starts our MPB Radio Pledge Drive. With your contribution to Mississippi Public Broadcasting you could choose as a Thank You gift a variety of items such as an umbrella or a weather radio, or a whole passel of items bundled together. Tomorrow there’ll be more information on MPB Radio and our webpage.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Hardship License, Right‑of‑Way, Traffic Control Device

Taxi - Yellow light clip

yallvote.ms

What does the Department of Public Safety do? What don’t they do!?  Their website: https://www.dps.ms.gov/ has information about Mississippi’s Most Wanted, a commercial vehicle towing manual, firearms permits, homeland security, in addition to drivers’ license and highway patrol.

This show, today, has changed my life – just about saved my life. I am not being dramatic. Preparing for this broadcast, I like to put little info tid-bits into the show. What could I talk about today? Oh, how about the Mobile ID app! I love mine. Went out one time and forgot my purse but, of course, I didn’t forget my phone. I was so glad – so if I got stopped, I’d have my ID.

Well, I went to open the app to remind myself how it works, and I noticed my license expires on my birthday this year – VERY SOON   - and while I’ll be traveling! So I’ve got to get my license renewed – quickly!!

In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Heirs’ Property, Tenants in Common, Partition Action

Past podcasts with Mississippi Center for Justice:

February 25, 2025 MCJ - Kimberly Jones Merchant

September 10, 2024 - MCJ

May 7, 2024 - Robert McDuff MCJ

October 17, 2023 Champions of Justice - MSCJ

August 1, 2023 - Expungements

May 24, 2022 - MCJ Heirs' Property

January 25, 2022 - Educational Rights

November 9, 2021 - Heirs' Property Help

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

It’s two weeks until our Mississippi Primaries. Are you ready? I’ve seen on social media from Texas, folks who thought they were newly registered to vote, had trouble voting in their primaries. You can check to see if your Mississippi information is in order – verify, update, or cancel your voter registration at yallvote.ms . We’re in our absentee voting period – you can do this by mail or in person and this week and next live absentee voting on Saturdays is available. 

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We’re happy to bring back our guest today – Professor Jade Craig from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Prof. Craig teaches constitutional law, political and civil rights, real estate law, and fair housing law

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: The Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Who are your inspirations? Think about that. Mine was Reverand Jessie Jackson. He came to speak at my college about registering to vote. He was a charismatic speaker. He passed away this week. I hope you’ve take the time to register to vote. We’ve got primaries March 10th. You can choose to vote in the Democratic or the Republican primary. Whichever you vote in, you can then vote in any runoffs with that same party. You can find sample ballots on our podcast information or from the secretary of state’s office’s website

We were pleased to have Professor Craig on the show: September 19th of 2023 when he discussed Urban Governance. 

Podcast: Jade Craig on Rate Covenants in Municipal Bonds

THE TRAFFICANTE ROUTE: FAIR HOUSING LAW AND THE ROAD TO RACIAL RECONCILIATION

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Partnership, Fiduciary Duty, and Equity

What’s a legal way you can show your love? Have an estate plan. It’s not very loving to burden those you leave behind with the trouble of sorting out your positions and finances – give them a gift of peace by setting up your estate. In Legal Terms has many podcasts devoted to estate planning. In March we’ll have another live show where you can call in or email and ask questions. 

Maybe you’re still looking for your Valentine. We’ve got some dating meet ups for you. Check out the MS Center for Justice or the American Civil Liberties – Mississippi calendar and event pages. Or if you like to organize things, how about YOU set up a voter registration meet up. These are all opportunities to meet likeminded individuals.

Feb. 20-21 - Evelyn Gandy Lecture Series

In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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In Legal Terms, the show where we break down the law, explain how it works, and help make it a little less intimidating for everyday Mississippians. hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of State, Department of Labor

BONUS: The Executive Office of Immigrant Review

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

If you’d like to know more about immigrant rights in Mississippi you could go to https://yourmira.org/ They have information on breaking barriers, building bridges. There’s information about their programs and history and how to donate. Our guest was previously on our show on October 1st of 2019. Here is that podcast.

Immigration legislation was in the news in Mississippi last week. Our Shamira Muhammad covered the press conference at the capitol and filed her report on MPB's website.

I hope you’re registered to vote. Monday (Feb 9th) is the deadline to register to vote to participate in the upcoming primaries. It seems to me that the general election doesn’t matter – the primaries seem to be where the big decisions are made. That’s my opinion. You cannot register to vote online but you can print out a voter registration form from a computer and mail it in. 

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Civil Litigation, Burden of Proof, Advocacy

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

Absentee Ballots Now Available for the 2026 Primary Election for U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate

JACKSON, Miss. – In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are now available in Circuit Clerk's Offices for the 2026 Primary Election for U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on March 10, 2026.

Mississippians may utilize the Secretary of State's Y'all Vote website, which includes an Absentee Voting FAQ, or contact their circuit clerk to verify eligibility. If eligible, ballots will be provided upon request by circuit clerks. Those who cast an absentee ballot may track their ballot through the My Election Day portal.

To vote in the 2026 Primary Election, Mississippians must register to vote by February 9. All mail-in voter registrations must be postmarked by February 9.

For those who cannot visit their Circuit Clerk's Office during the work week, Saturday in-person absentee voting dates for the 2026 Primary Election are Saturday, February 28, and Saturday, March 7, from 8:00 a.m. until noon.

The last day to vote in-person absentee is March 7, while mail-in absentee ballots must be postmarked on or before March 10 (Election Day).

To access the full 2026 Elections Calendar, visit the Secretary of State's website or click here.

The Secretary of State's Office is your primary and trusted source for election information. For questions, please email ElectionsAnswers@sos.ms.gov, call the Elections Hotline at 1-800-829-6786, or visit YallVote.ms.

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I’ve heard jokes about slipping and falling on banana peels. Is that really a thing? Are “slip and falls” a legal thing? Let’s find out from our guest attorney Baskin Jones.

Mississippi Story Teller Tracy Carr was in one of our production studios recording with me and she told this amazing story about banana peels.

Where can you get more information about Slip and Falls? Our guest’s website: 601injured.com has a list of practice areas with information if you’d like to learn more about our topic today or other types of injuries.

In Legal Terms is the show about YOU and YOUR RIGHTS many of which are determined by your elected officials. How can you let YOUR elected officials know how you feel on a particular matter? There’s a website that lists the names and contact information for your senators and your house representative should you wish to tell them how they can best represent your interests in Washington: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

LInk to movie A Reasonable Man

Video: Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Negligence, Premises Liability, and Comparative Fault

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We’re so grateful Mr. Coxwell is able to join us today. His firm, Coxwell and Associates has placed a wealth of information on their website: coxwelllaw.com. There are articles about Criminal defense such as computer crimes and misdemeanor crimes, and posts about personal injury such as construction and product liability.

In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Wire Fraud

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Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

How can you learn more about white collar crime?  Well, if it’s news that concerns Mississippi it will be reported on by Mississippi Public Broadcasting. We have news reports most every hour of the day at one minutes past the top of the hour. Our website: mpbonline.org has articles to read. If you want our news to come to you – follow mpbonline on social media.

We’re the “legal” show on MPB. But if you like us, we’ve got some suggestions for other MPB shows you might like. On Wednesdays at 4pm, The Sit Down with Russ Latino is where complex issues meet real conversations. From politics and policy to culture and community, they break down the news that shapes your world, one sit-down at a time. On Mondays at 5pm @Issue offers an inside look at the legislative session, interviews with key players, and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. Republican Rebekah Staples and Democrat Brandon Jones join host Wilson Stribling to discuss happenings at the state Capitol.

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You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio Thursdays at 3pm Central.

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It’s a new year. New things are happening at MPB and at our Mississippi Capitol. MPB’s weekly show @Issue has started back up. That’s heard on Mondays at 5pm. Republican Rebekah Staples and Democrat Brandon Jones join host Wilson Stribling to discuss happenings at the state Capitol. If you miss the live show, find the podcast or listen at MPBonline.org

In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Legal Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Attorney–Client Relationship

There are always elections coming. But January 9th, 2026 is important date. Absentee ballot applications are available in the Circuit Clerk's Office for the March 10, 2026, Primary Elections. That is for one of our Senate seats – both parties. District 1 – no republican primary but one for the Democratic Party. District 2 – both parties. District 3 neither party. District 4, both parties. 

MPB has local call in shows where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Thursdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio at 4pm Central.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Pro Bono, Pro Se, and Indigent

We’re talking with guests Sam H. Buchanan, Jr., Executive Director MS Center for Legal Services and Ben Thomas Cole II, Executive Director North MS Rural Legal Service about options for legal services for low-income Mississippians.

How can you contact our guests? The website and phone number for our guest Sam H. Buchanan, Jr. is MS Center For Legal Services.org and that phone number is (800) 773-1737

If you’d like to find more information about Ben Thomas Cole II,’s organization North MS Rural Legal Service the website and phone number are https://nmrls.com/ and the NMRLS Intake Call Center is 1-800-498-1804 

Upcoming: 2026 the 60th anniversary of NMRLS

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n Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

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We don’t often have an open topic show, but we do today! Our host, Adam, and our two guests: Jeannie Eichelberger and Matthew Eichelberger will take your questions. The Eichelberger Law Firm are Criminal Defense and Workers' Compensation Attorneys.

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Equivocation, Rhetoric, Audience Adaptation

I love knowing about places where I can get information when and if I need it. I’ve got just such a place to suggest. https://www.ike-law.com/ They have a blog page with years of information on various legal issues. And they are not dry articles – there’s everything to Lane Kiffin to James Bond references.

MPB Think Radio’s January schedule has a comeback our In Legal Terms listeners will like. Our legislative affairs program: @Issue will be back Monday, January 5th at 5pm. @Issue offers an inside look at the legislative session, interviews with key players, and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. Republican Rebekah Staples and Democrat Brandon Jones join host Wilson Stribling to discuss happenings at the state Capitol. We’re excited that @Issue will be back on MPB Think Radio.

MPB has local call in shows every weekday 9 - noon where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Tuesdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Southern Remedy: Relatively Speaking with Dr. Susan Buttross on MPB Think Radio at 11am Central.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Expungement, Non-Adjudication, Collateral Consequences.

The MS Center for Justice has a great webpage with information about expungements. There’s a link to their detailed Expungement Eligibility intake Form. There’s also information if you want to volunteer your time at an Expungement Clinic or if you want to host a clinic in your community.

MPB has a special gift for you! Beginning Monday, January 5th, 2026 at 5pm, @Issue will offer an inside look at the legislative session, interviews with key players, and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. Republican Rebekah Staples and Democrat Brandon Jones join host Wilson Stribling to discuss happenings at the state Capitol. We’re excited that @Issue will be back on MPB Think Radio.

MPB has a gift suggestion for you. If you or someone you love LOVES Mississippi Public Broadcasting, consider getting them an MPB Foundation Membership. $60 for the year or $5 per month, and you get access to Passport to watch MPB and PBS programs on demand and you get our Fine Tuning Program Guide in the mail each month so you can read about what’s coming up at MPB. You can donate from MPBonline.org or from the MPB Public Media app. You can also see MPB scarfs, hoodies, tote bags and socks that are thank you gifts for your donations.

In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org

If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast

MPB has local call in shows every weekday 9 - noon where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Tuesdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Southern Remedy: Relatively Speaking with Dr. Susan Buttross on MPB Think Radio at 11am Central.

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We want to bring you information about your legal rights before you need that information and give you the opportunity to ask questions if you are in the middle if it and need direction. Today’s guest is bankruptcy attorney Rachel Coxwell from Coxwell Attorneys. 

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: : Debtor / Creditor, Automatic Stay and Trustee

It’s election day. I don’t know what your ballot looks like – mine has a runoff for coroner. Is there a election where you live? You can check the Secretary of State’s website click on My Election Day to see what’s going on.

Where can you learn a little bit more about bankruptcy? Our guest’s website: MississippiBankruptcyHelp.com has blogs with information you might need to know about bankruptcy. 

We like to talk about your legal rights on our show In Legal Terms – MPB has another show about our laws. @Issue. Look for @Issue when the legislature is back in session next month. @Issue on MPB Think Radio beginning Monday, January 5th, 2026.

MPB has local call in shows every weekday 9 - noon where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Tuesdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Southern Remedy: Relatively Speaking with Dr. Susan Buttross on MPB Think Radio at 11am Central.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Power of Attorney, Conservatorship, and Elder Abuse

MPB has local call in shows every weekday 9 - noon where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Tuesdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Southern Remedy: Relatively Speaking with Dr. Susan Buttross on MPB Think Radio at 11am Central.

Our guest handles the most phone calls of all our guests – he can speak on Special need, estate planning, elder law. Lots of topics that are confusing but are relative to the daily lives of our listeners. Rick Courtney is back on the show. Past podcasts with Rick as our guest.

We know how creative Mississippians are. The Sectary of State’s office has an artwork submission competition to design the next “I Voted” sticker. 

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: 360 Deal, Work Made for Hire, Rite of Publicity

MPB has local call in shows every weekday 9 - noon where you can ask an expert about money, health, gardening, and more. We’re the legal show!

You can listen LIVE to us from the MPB Public Media app or from MPBonline.org/radio

Tuesdays, following our over-the-air broadcast, you can hear Southern Remedy: Relatively Speaking with Dr. Susan Buttross on MPB Think Radio at 11am Central.

On this day in 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its landmark Goodridge decision, making Massachusetts the first state whose highest court required recognition of same-sex marriage. The decision reframed the national discussion around marriage equality and helped set the legal path that culminated in nationwide marriage recognition years later.

On this day in 1811, the U.S. Senate confirmed Joseph Story to the Supreme Court at just 32 years old—the youngest justice in American history. Serving 34 years, he shaped foundational doctrines in federalism, judicial review, commercial law, and constitutional interpretation. His Commentaries on the Constitution remain essential to constitutional scholarship.

Since Mike is an entertainment lawyer, let’s learn about an important entertainment historical anniversary today

On this day in 1928, Mickey Mouse debuted in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest synchronized‑sound cartoons. Its success launched the Disney legacy and changed animation forever. November 18 is still celebrated as Mickey Mouse’s official birthday.

The original version of Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie is now in the public domain, meaning its copyright has expired and it can be used freely for creative works.

Now, it wouldn’t be an In Legal Terms if I didn’t talk about voting. Cause a lot of us need to in two weeks! Hinds County has a runoff election Dec. 2nd so does Rankin County. Do you have one? You can check the Secretary of State’s website: yallvote.ms and click on My Election Day 

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Posse Comitatus Act, Insurrection Act, Government Shutdown

USAA government shutdown program

Military One Source

The election today in Mississippi might bring about a noticeable change – for good or for not good? If you like the Republican super majority in our legislature, get out and vote if your election is partisan. If you want to break the Republican super majority in our legislature, get out and vote if your election is partisan. Learn about the elections in your neighborhood by visiting yallvote.ms and read about the election at mpbonline.org/news   

We’ve got a holiday next Tuesday, Veterans Day, but there’s a Mississippi celebration before then. Friday the 7th through Sunday the 9th is the National Folk Festival in Jackson. This is a national big deal. MPB Think Radio will be live in downtown Jackson broadcasting concerts. There are concerts of dozens of musical genres. There are dance performances and a family play area. There are craft demonstrations. It’s free but there will be food vendors and merchandise for sale. And folks – there’s a clear bag policy in affect. See schedules at nationalfolkfestival.com This is all Friday through Sunday, the 7th through the 9th in Jackson Mississippi.

Post shows: Military Rights 02/04/25 Guest Ira Rushing

Military and the Law 09/09/25 Guests Jim and Frank Rosenblatt

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: National Labor Relations Act, First Amendment, Private-Sector Employee

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Divorce laws Craig Robertson from the firm Robertson and Easterling

Whistleblowing laws with guest attorney Rick Davis from Shelton Davis LLC

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Jim Rosenblatt and Professor Franklin D. Rosenblatt. They are both attorneys, associated with Mississippi College of Law, they are both veterans, and they are father and son

University of Mississippi School of Law and immigration attorney Sarah A. Schnaithman

Mississippi Bar current president, attorney Rhea Tannehill

MPB News Legislative Reporter, Will Stribling

Member of the Mississippi Special Education Coalition, Julian Miller from the Southern Poverty Law Center

Slip and fall information from attorney Baskin Jones

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Power of Attorney, Conservatorship, and Elder Abuse

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Our guest handles the most phone calls of all our guests – he can speak on Special need, estate planning, elder law. Lots of topics that are confusing but are relative to the daily lives of our listeners. Rick Courtney is back on the show.  Past podcasts with Rick as our guest.

Do you need an absentee ballot? To verify eligibility for absentee voting, Mississippians may utilize the Secretary of State's Y'all Vote website, which includes an Absentee Voting FAQ and Step-by-Step Guide to Absentee Voting, or contact their county Circuit Clerk. If eligible, ballots will be provided upon request by your Circuit Clerk. But there are lots of reasons you can vote early by absentee voting.

We know how creative Mississippians are. The Sectary of State’s office has an artwork submission competition to design the next “I Voted” sticker. 

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10/14/2025 Estate Elder Special Needs Law Answers

04/29/2025 Elder Law 2025

10/15/2024 Special Needs Law Month

04/23/2024 Medicaid

08/16/2023 Marriage & Estates

05/02/2023 National Elder Law Month http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-national-elder-law-month

11/20/2022 Trustees http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-trustees

03/08/2022 Wills http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-wills-with-richard-courtney

10/12/2021Elder Abuse http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-elder-abuse

04/13/2021 Executors http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-executor

10/27/2020 Special Needs Law http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-special-needs-law

07/02/2019 Gap Act http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-gap-act

05/14/2019 Wills and Probate http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-wills-and-probate-and-executors

08/08/2017 Estate Planning http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625766b

10/28/2016 Special Needs Law Month http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625768b

8/23/2022 In Legal Terms: Estate Planning http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-estate-planning

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If you “blow the whistle” what could happen? We’ll learn about false claims against the government and whistleblowing laws with guest attorney Rick Davis from Shelton Davis LLC. 

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Relator

Our legislators are thinking about whistleblowing laws for Mississippi. Last year House Bill 1066 of 2024 was introduced to create the MISSISSIPPI WHISTLEBLOWER REWARD ACT to reward those who report improper use of government funds. But the bill wasn’t passed.

MPB would like to invite you to a free film screening we think you’d enjoy. Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect—the story of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. A panel with filmmaker Alexis Aggrey and former State Senator Ed Blackmon follows. Join us Tuesday, October 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the MPB Auditorium in Jackson. Register at the link on mpbonline.org

To check for races in your area on November 4, visit the My Election Day portal to receive election information tailored to your specific address, including a sample ballot. As you type your address into the system, similar addresses should populate. Simply click on yours to get started. Mississippians are encouraged to educate themselves on all races prior to heading to the polls. 

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: civics, civic duty, rule of law

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What are our civic duties? According to Arizona State Center for American Civics duties include such as voting, paying taxes, casting educated votes, serving on juries, defending the country in the armed forces, and participating in civic organizations.

One of our civic duties is to defend our country in the armed forces. We’ve done a couple of broadcasts about that. If you’d like to learn a little bit about military and the law check out one of our In Legal Terms podcasts from September 9 or February 4th both from 2025.

Another civic duty is to serve on juries. We’ve done a couple of broadcasts on that. May 28th 2024 and May 15th 2018.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is: Res Judicata 

Want a quick resource for divorce information in Mississippi? The Mississippi Bar has a webpage: What Are the Grounds for Divorce in Mississippi? 

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has been alerted the Voter Participation Center, a private organization, plans to send voter registration mailers to Mississippi residents. This is not official correspondence from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office or county Circuit Clerks and is not an indication of a change in anyone’s voter registration status. If you have questions about your voter registration status, please visit YallVote.ms to verify, or contact your county Circuit Clerk.

Absentee Ballots Now Available for the November 4 Elections. October 6 is the Voter Registration Deadline. Visit the My Election Day portal to receive election information tailored to your specific address, including a sample ballot. There are over 20 races involving redistricting and filling empty seats.  

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Local Bar Association, Legal Desert, and Mock Trial

The Mississippi Bar is an invaluable partner in every attorney's practice and a trusted community leader that ensures the justice system is evolving to meet the needs of all Mississippi residents. Our guest is Mississippi Bar current president, attorney Rhea Tannehill 

The Mississippi Bar’s website has tons of information for attorneys: CLEs, Attorney Benefits & Discounts, Law Practice Management Resources, Mediators Directory and an Arbitrators List among other services and information. And information for the public: Legal Terms & Procedures, How to Select a Lawyer, Pro Bono Resources, and Mississippi Juror Video among many other services and information. And information for teachers: Under “Programs and Affiliations” information can be found about Mock Trial. 

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Many Mississippians go into the military; sometimes multi generations. We’re going to learn about Military Law today with our guests: Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Jim Rosenblatt and Professor Franklin D. Rosenblatt. They are both attorneys, associated with Mississippi College of Law, they are both veterans, and they are father and son. 

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: JAG, UCMJ, and Court-Martial

Serving our country is very patriotic. We’ve got another way you can be patriotic and artistic  at the same time. Mississippians have the opportunity to express their creativity and promote civic engagement. Anyone 18 years and older who is a registered voter in Mississippi is encouraged to design and submit artwork to be used as the “I Voted” sticker for all 82 counties during the 2026 election cycle. This is through the Secretary of State’s office.

The military is so important to Mississippi, it’s got it’s own state agency: Governor's Office of Military Affairs

Where in the state can you find US Military operations? From ms.gov/government/military Joint Force Headquarters,172end Airlift Wing, Camp McCain Training Center, Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Columbus Air Force Base, Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Naval Air Station Meridian, Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command - Stennis Space Center, and Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis Space Center.

MC School of Law Veterans Legal Aid Clinic - Provides Free Legal Aid Services for Veterans and Their Family Members. 601-331-0223

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Our guests are Nathan Blevins, the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections.

Terri Maranoci, Community Corrections Director

Cecil Lott, Community Corrections Associate Director with the MS Board of Parole 239 North Lamar Street, Suite 501, Jackson, MS 39201

(601) 576-3520

(601) 576-3528

Information about parole in Mississippi, including the current Parole Board Members, Parolee Search, and Victim Parole Notification.

MS Department of Corrections

The Community Corrections division is responsible for the following agency functions:​​

• Community Work Centers
• Restitution Centers
• Technical Violation Centers​
• Interstate Compact
• Probation
• Parole
• Intensive Supervision Program
• Earned Released Supervision
• Transitional Housing Services

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This is one of our most popular topics. We try to bring you an expert at least twice a year. It’s a wills and estates hour. Our guest is attorney, Kelly Kyle from Kyle Wynn and Associates.

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are:

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Today’s Legal Term on In Legal Terms is: Artificial Intelligence

Our expert host is usually attorney Adam Kilgore, he was away during this broadcast.

One of MPB’s next door neighbors is Mississippi Information Technology Services. And one of our previous guests: attorney Matthew Henry is now Associate General Counsel at ITS. We invited him and his coworker: Leah Kathryn Anzenberger, Privacy Officer to join us on the show today to learn about their work for Mississippians.

Do you want to know more about Mississippi? Our state’s website: ms.gov not only has information about the government agencies but also travel details, a new resident’s guide, and an AI chat bot to converse with.  

Y’all do know what there are elections every year, right? Just because we’re not electing a president doesn’t mean we’re not electing someone to something the first Tuesday in November 2025 – the ONLY thing that is getting voted on this year are Municipal offices. That was mayors and city council members in June. November may bring some school board elections to your area. Please make sure you are registered to vote.

Have you been watching our Legal Terms shorts? Of course, we hope you’ll listen to our live show or the podcast of In Legal Terms. But for those weeks when you just don’t seem to have 45 minutes, look for our Legal Terms shorts on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube Channel. They’re less than 2 minutes and give you a taste of what we’re talking about on this week’s show. I try to go back to the podcast and put the link to that show’s video short in the information page.

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: IDEA, OSEP, CAP

Last year we had an informative show about special education. We couldn’t get to everything we wanted so we invited them back. We’re very proud to have members of the Mississippi Special Education Coalition as our guests today to discuss the education rights for your student and the report the Coalition published. Joining us are Julian Miller from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Cassie Tolliver from Disability Rights Mississippi, and Ayanna Hill from American Civil Liberties of Mississippi.

Do you need legal assistance with your special education student? Last week, August 5th, our guest was from MS Legal Services. We announced a Special Education Workshop & Clinic – Accessing Special Education and Services for Parents & Advocates coming up in Hattiesburg, August 26th. It has CLE Attorney registration and also free legal consolations. Registration is encouraged. I’ll have the link on this show’s podcast information. 

We know you love MPB Think Radio. What do you know about MPB Learning? MPB is more than just radio and tv. We also have a Learning department with free resource for families, communities, and educators. We offer several special education eLearning courses for educators. We’ve got a free Early Childhood Teacher Workshop being held across the state coming up on Saturday, August 23rd.

Get more information from mpbonline.org/learning 

Do we have any artists listening? We’ve got an opportunity to share with you. Mississippians have the opportunity to express their creativity and promote civic engagement. Anyone 18 years and older who is a registered voter in Mississippi is encouraged to design and submit artwork to be used as the “I Voted” sticker for all 82 counties during the 2026 election cycle. This is through the Secretary of State’s office.

Our previous podcast with this panel can be found from 10/29/2024: In Legal Terms: Special Education

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Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Pro Bono, Pro Se, and Indigent

We’re talking with guests Sam H. Buchanan, Jr., Executive Director MS Center for Legal Services and Ben Thomas Cole II, Executive Director North MS Rural Legal Service about options for legal services for low-income Mississippians.

It’s election day! for some. Is it for you? Special Primary Elections are taking place in specific counties on Tuesday, August 5. Ok – think about the name of your county. Got it in your mind? The special election is for folks in Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto, Forrest, Greene, Jones, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Perry, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tate, Tunica, and Wayne. Learn what elections are occurring, where your polling location is, and find election results at MPBOnline.org/election or YallVote.MS

How can you contact our guests? The website and phone number for our guest Sam H. Buchanan, Jr. is MS Center For Legal Services.org and that phone number is (800) 773-1737

If you’d like to find more information about Ben Thomas Cole II,’s organization North MS Rural Legal Service the website and phone number are https://nmrls.com/ and the NMRLS Intake Call Center is 1-800-498-1804 

Upcoming:

• August 26th, 2025 Special Education Clinic with Southern Poverty Law Center concerning Special Education - Hattiesburg. Registration begins at 4pm
• 2026 the 60th anniversary of NMRLS

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Immigration. It’s a hot topic today. What are the laws now? What do you need to know? We’ll learn with the help of our guest faculty member at the University of Mississippi School of Law and attorney Sarah A. Schnaithman

What have our legislators in Mississippi been discussing? AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2025 did not pass. If you want to know what’s going on with our legislature you can check out https://legislature.ms.gov/ to find out about legislation, the capitol building, or to watch a live feed of a session.

Are you interested in learning more about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of Homeland Security? The website https://www.ice.gov/ has lots of tabs of information and also ways to contact the office for the Jackson Metro area.

Some social media has very important information you might not come across any other ways. I love MPB’s Communications Department – Taylor is superb with our Legal Terms video shorts. AND she’s got voting information on our MPB posts too! Saturday, July 26, began in-person absentee voting for the August 5 special primary elections. See which counties are holding elections, the open positions, and learn more about the voting process by visiting MPBOnline.org or YallVote.ms There’s also an image reminding folks that August 5th is the Special Primary Election Day. You Go Taylor!

Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Asylum and Master Calendar

Previous podcasts:

• Immigration 2023 November 21, 2023 We’re talking about immigration and immigrants in our area with attorney Amelia McGowan from the University of Arkansas School of Law.
• Immigration October 1, 2019 Patricia Ice, Legal Project Director at Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance discusses the work of MIRA and the ramifications to families from the August 2019 immigration raids in Mississippi.
• Immigration Law May 23, 2017 Attorney Lee Russell discusses Immigration Law, the role of ICE, and visa overstays.

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We’re very proud to have members of the Mississippi Special Education Coalition as our guests today to discuss the education rights for your student and the report the Coalition published. Joining us are Julian Miller from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Cassie Tolliver from Disability Rights Mississippi, and Ayanna Hill from American Civil Liberties of Mississippi.

The SPLC has created a guide for parents of children with disabilities titled “Helping Your Child With a Disability Get a Good Education,” including state-specific guidance for parents in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Article: Coalition trains advocates of children with disabilities in Mississippi

The Office of Special Education website is designated to provide important information to families of students with disabilities. Links to a variety of resources are provided related to child developmental milestones and ways to help your child succeed in school. If you are unable to find answers to your questions on their site they suggest you contact their office at 601-359-3498.

On the Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Special Education website, you can access the Access for All Guide which was developed by the MDE in collaboration with educators across the state to help teachers address issues that impact learners with a wide variety of needs. I would hope that having access to this information might help families better understand the classroom environment.

In Legal Terms has had 3 shows dealing with education this fall – on October 15th we learned about Special needs law and Able accounts. We talked generally about student rights on August 27th. August 6th was MPB Think Radio’s Education Week. Our broadcast /podcast was about Mississippi’s law schools. 

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I’ve heard jokes about slipping and falling on banana peels. Is that really a thing? Are “slip and falls” a legal thing? Let’s find out from our guest attorney Baskin Jones.

Mississippi Story Teller Tracy Carr was in one of our production studios recording with me and she told this amazing story about banana peels.

Governor Reeves Sets Four Special Elections: The three special elections for Senate District 24 (Leflore, Panola, and Tallahatchie Counties), Senate District 26 (Hinds and Madison Counties), and House District 26 (Bolivar, Coahoma, and Sunflower Counties) will be held on November 4, 2025.

Where can you get more information about Slip and Falls? Our guest’s website: 601injured.com has a list of practice areas with information if you’d like to learn more about our topic today or other types of injuries.

In Legal Terms is the show about YOU and YOUR RIGHTS many of which are determined by your elected officials. How can you let YOUR elected officials know how you feel on a particular matter? There’s a website that lists the names and contact information for your senators and your house representative should you wish to tell them how they can best represent your interests in Washington: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

LInk to movie A Reasonable Man

Video: Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms are: Negligence, Premises Liability, and Comparative Fault

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A podcast of interest: In Legal Terms: Foster Care Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with guest: Andrea Sanders, Commissioner for Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.

Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (CPS)

The State of Mississippi Judiciary; Administrative Office of Courts has a great website with authoritative information and links to many aspects of our Youth Court in Mississippi.

Families of at-risk or delinquent youth can get help from the Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Youth Services.

Do you need a quick gift for a loved one? How about you print off a copy of the Mississippi Voter Registration Application and gift it with an envelope and a stamp.

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Today’s show is one of the most informative of the year. It applies to everyone in Mississippi: it’s “what are our new laws” show. Our guest is MPB News Legislative Reporter, Will Stribling. He’ll report about the new laws and how the session went.

Do you like supporting charities with the specialty license places? Here are some new ones:

• The Declaration Of Independence Center For The Study Of American Freedom At The University Of Mississippi;
• Mississippi Land Bank
• Kiwanis International
• The National Guard Association Of Mississippi
• Mississippi College School Of Law
• Magnolia Honeybee Education Exchange
• Retired Members Of The Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division Of The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety
• The Jackson State University 2024 HBCU National Champions

And don’t forget about the MPB specialty tag to support Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Our most recent laws were passed by our lawmakers. There’s a special election coming up for some folks for new lawmakers. Folks in the Hernando/Southaven/Olive Branch area, folks in the Starkville/Columbus area, and folks in the Hattiesburg area have a Special election primary coming up. But good news! There’s time to get registered to vote so you can participate in electing the folks that make our laws.

You can register to vote at your Circuit Clerk’s office, your Municipal Clerk’s office, when you get your driver’s license at the Department of Public Safety, or through the mail by downloading a voter registration form from the Secretary of State’s website and mailing it to your Circuit Clerk.

Thanks to Kelly Kyle on answering our Money Talks question!

Video: Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: Effective Date, Prospective Application, and Grandfather Clause

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Mississippi has scheduled an execution for tomorrow, June 24th. Who is it? How to they propose to do it? What are the options for the prisoner to stop it? We’ll learn with our guests: Krissy C. Nobile, Director of The Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Beth Windham, an attorney with CPCC, and attorney David Voisin.

According to the MS Department of Corrections: Since Mississippi joined the Union in 1817, several forms of execution have been used. Hanging was the first form of execution used until 1940. Then the electric chair was used until 1952. In 1954, the gas chamber was installed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and used until 1989. After that lethal injection was used.

How many ways can a person be executed in Mississippi?  During the 2017 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, lawmakers amended the law to allow death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, electrocution, or firing squad.

The recent municipal elections have shown every vote counts. Are you ready for Augusts special primary? Folks in the Hernando/Southaven/Olive Branch area, folks in the Starkville/Columbus area, and folks in the Hattiesburg area have a Special election primary coming up. But good news! There’s time to get registered to vote so you can participate in electing the folks that make our laws.

You can register to vote at your Circuit Clerk’s office, your Municipal Clerk’s office, when you get your driver’s license at the Department of Public Safety, or through the mail by downloading a voter registration form from the Secretary of State’s website and mailing it to your Circuit Clerk.

Video: Today, we've got three Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: Clemency, Commutation, and Reprieve.

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Are you a part of a Board of Directors? Do you have a Board that is involved in your life at work, home, or at a volunteer group? Board governance: how does it work? How is it SUPPOSED to work? We’ll learn about this with our guest: Professor Martin Edwards from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Many charities have boards of directors. If you’re curious about board responsibilities, you might be curious about charities. The MS Secretary of State’s Charities Division is responsible for the registration and regulation of all charitable organizations and fund-raisers who solicit contributions in Mississippi. The division is also responsible for the investigation of charity complaints and/or violations to the State’s charitable laws.

Video: It’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: today we’ve got fiduciary.

If you’re interested in the role of board members you may be interested in Parliamentary Procedure. We did a show about that on August 24th of 2024.

I have fallen down the election rabbit hole. There’s another round of elections going on that you might need to know about!

• July 7th is the Voter Registration Deadline to vote in the
• Special Primary Election on August 5th, for the
• General election on November 4, 2025.

Who’s involved?

House Districts 16 and 22 – Chickasaw County;  36, 39 and 41 - Clay County, the Aberdeen area, and Columbus.

Senate Districts 1 - Hernando, 2 - Southaven, 11 - Tunica, 19 - Olive Branch. Also districts 34 - part of Hattiesburg, 41 - Columbia, 42 – more of Hattiesburg, 44 - Purvis, and 45 – Camp Shelby.

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• Follow up on getting a birth certificate.
• Traffic stop
• Co-signing
• Contingency cases
• Open Meetings

Video: Today’s Legal Term on In Legal Terms: The Posse Commitatus Act

We’ve got some news you’ll want to know if you drive OUTSIDE of the state of Mississippi. In 30 states, including Alabama and Tennessee, as of June 5, 2025 a new law takes effect to ban all handheld device use while driving. This includes calls, emails, texts, or using the internet.  Devices cannot be accessed even at a stop light or traffic jam. It’s called the Touch Law. 

What a wild election process last week – and it is still not over!

• Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt by 5pm today of absentee ballots returned by mail for ballots to be timely. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day.
• Today also: Last day voters who cast an affidavit ballot by reason of voter photo ID may present an acceptable form of photo ID or complete an affidavit of religious objection in the Municipal Clerks’ Offices.
• Friday the13th Municipal Election Commissioners shall certify the General Election Results and forward certified results to the MSOS.

By state statute, whenever a race is tied, it shall be decided by a coin toss or a drawing of straws. And toss a coin is what a Rankin County Justice Court Judge had to do when the Pelahatchie Alderman’s ward one race was a tie at 34 votes each.

Our lawmakers passed a budget for the state. Would you like to know more? The MPB News broadcast: @ISSUE had one last show on Friday about the Special Session. You can now listen to the podcast or watch the show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s YouTube Channel. 

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Guest: Megan McGrew from Baker Donelson. Megan serves as Director of Legal Process Engineering where her focus is on the concierge approach to the application of legal innovation tools and technologies into the working lives of attorneys and their clients. She uses her experience in legal project management, legal process improvement, knowledge management, pricing, data analytics, and implementation of legal innovation tools to develop bespoke offerings that truly fit the need of the attorneys, their practice, the clients, and their engagements.

Her past broadcast with us: 02/28/2023 In Legal Terms: AI Software

Everyday Tech is MPB’s technology show where you can call in with your questions about tech and get the opinion of expert Sabir Adbul-Haqq. Yesterday, June 2nd THEY talked about AI. The Bean Path was their guest: AI Month is a month-long exploration of artificial intelligence and its real-world impact — from art and gaming to business and STEM education. Each week features unique experiences across the Jackson metro area, including live talks, virtual sessions, hands-on workshops, and STEAM days for all ages. Whether you're an AI beginner or an advanced tech enthusiast, there's something for everyone. 

It’s election day, Mississippi. Municipal Elections are today from 7am to 7pm. “My Election Day” website on the Secretary of State’s site has your sample ballot.

Video: Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: machine learning

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H.B. 1217 became law July 1, 2023. The new laws prohibit Limited English Proficient individuals from being responsible for the costs of court interpretation in all bilingual proceedings for civil and criminal matters. The law also now clarifies that a Limited English proficient individual is entitled to the services of an interpreter in any instance arising out of or pertaining to the individual’s involvement in litigation.

The Administrative Office of Courts has developed the Mississippi Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. For more detailed information please contact: Administrative Office of Courts

Attention: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access

Post Office Box 117 Jackson, MS 39205

T: 601-359-4469

deenie.miller@courts.ms.gov

For assistance with interpreters for the hearing impaired, please visit the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf at the following link: https://www.rid.org or https://www.odhh.org

Dr. J.G. Gómez, U.S. Army Veteran - Credentialed Interpreter and Translator Language Educator and Technologist - Gómez Language and Culture Services, LLC

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04/08/2025 MS Democratic Party

When’s our next election? The GENERAL ELECTION DAY FOR MUNICIPALITIES is Tuesday, June 3rd: Polling places must be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Absentee ballots returned by mail MUST be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the Municipal Clerk’s Office within five business days.

Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: Amicus curiae

Do you want to know where you can get more information about Mississippi Republicans? msgop.org

You can learn about the party, the platform, shop the store or donate.

Would YOU like to be more involved in the Mississippi Republican Party? On the website: MSGOP.org there’s information about Mississippi Federation of Republican Women, The Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, Young Republican Federation of Mississippi. There are also different volunteer services that folks can sign up for. 

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Would you like to Volunteer with the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project? If you’re an attorney, law student, college student, or paralegal you can register with MVLP or you could sign up to help with a specific legal clinic. This is done on their website: mvlp.org and click on “Get Involved”.

 If you’re in need of the services of the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project, you might want to attend one of their Self Representation Clinics. There are clinics that discuss: Irreconcilable Differences Divorces, Uncontested Guardianships, Advance Healthcare Directives, Power of Attorneys, Simple Wills, Misdemeanor Expungements, Felony Expungements, and Foreclosure Prevention. We’ll have the link to the dates for these clinics on this shows information page on our website and podcast.

The week of April 21st the MPB Think Radio shows and podcasts talked about different volunteering opportunities and the benefits you receive by giving to your community. Find each podcast or go to mpbonline.org/radio and listen to each show. Deep South Dining had Stewpot. Now You’re Talking had MS Commission for Volunteer Service. Fix It 101’s guest was Habitat for Humanity. The Sit Down talked with Shower Power. Next Stop Mississippi hosted Miss Mississippi Volunteer. Our other shows integrated volunteering into their show topics.

Video: Legal Terms on In Legal Terms - pro bono

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Video: New segment: “Legal Terms” on In Legal Terms. Adam, what’s the difference between an attorney and a lawyer?

When I went to the Secretary of State’s website, I got a pop up window that said: Sign up now for election text alerts from the Mississippi Secretary of State! Text "MS ELECTIONS" to 80946.

And YESTERDAY was the Voter Registration Deadline to be eligible to vote in the June 3, 2025 Municipal General Election. If you missed out – still register for the next primary or election or runoff election.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency, but they have local offices in Mobile, Memphis, and Jackson. Their website has tons in employment law answers.

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What do Elders fear? Change, Conflict, Loss of Control

We grateful for the past times Richard Courtney has been a guest on our show to discuss wills, estates, elder law, disability law, Medicaid. Find our past podcasts.

Did you know Thursday is a “legal” holiday? May 1st is National Law Day. When declaring Law Day, President Eisenhower is quoted as saying, “If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.” Show some support and care for the freedom and civility that is provided under the rule of law by celebrating Law Day! So congratulations to those who celebrate, please do so responsibly.

I’ll have a link to the American Bar Association’s page that shows some of their events.

MPB and NPR have a special broadcast tomorrow night. Wednesday, April 30th at 7pm central. NPR will mark the 100th day of the Trump Adm8inisrtation with a Special Report hosted by Michel Martin. The 2 hour live special will look at what the Administration has accomplished, what has changed and what might be next. 

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I absolutely love the volunteer service Kelly Kyle provides outside of the legal world. Here are some YouTube Videos of Kelly and his friends Bella, Dolly and Cadence !

We are scheduled to have Gayla Carpenter-Sanders, the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project as our guest on the show May 13th. Here's our podcast with her from 2024 and 2022.

Today, we’re going to have one our most popular guests and topics – attorney Kelly Kyle helping us learn about wills and estate law.

We’re glad to have attorney Kelly Kyle here with us today because he’s going to have a busy week next week. He and his partner are host hosting estate planning seminars in PEARL, Ridgeland, Vicksburg, Clinton, Madison, Flowood next week.

Today is special day in the city of Jackson. What about where you live?      Today, April 22nd , is the PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY: Polling places must be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. If you voted in the Primary April 1st you can vote but only in the party’s primary you already voted in. If you didn’t vote in the April 1st primary, you can vote in either party’s primary. There are 28 municipalities with runoff elections today.  

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Is there a special election today where you live? Governor Tate Reeves announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Neshoba, and Winston Counties). The vacancy is due to the resignation of the Honorable Jenifer B. Branning upon her election to the Mississippi Supreme Court effective January 6 2025. The special election will be held today, April 15, 2025.

There’s voting for everyone this Saturday! Saturday April 19th Runoff Election In-Person Absentee Deadline: Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

But beginning this Saturday, if no Primary Runoff Election, folks can vote by an absentee ballot in the Municipal Clerk’s Office for the General Election which is June 3rd.  IF BALLOTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO RUNOFF, the ballots shall be made available as soon as possible after the runoff election is certified.

April 22nd, next Tuesday, is the PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY: Polling places must be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

What’s the saying – Only two things are for sure: death and taxes? We want to remind you that today – April 15th is Tax Day. The tax deadline for 2024 tax returns is April 15, 2025.

If you need more time to file your taxes, request an extension by the April tax filing due date. This gives you until October 15 to file without penalties. Make sure you pay any tax you owe by the April filing date. The extension is only for filing your return. https://www.irs.gov/

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Governor Tate Reeves announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Neshoba, and Winston Counties). The vacancy is due to the resignation of the Honorable Jenifer B. Branning upon her election to the Mississippi Supreme Court effective January, 6 2025. The special election will be held on April 15, 2025.

Some of our primary races had so many candidates that there might need to be a runoff.

April 12th – Saturday - Runoff Absentee Voting begins: Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

April 22nd is the PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY: Polling places must be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Do you want to know where you can get more information about Mississippi Democrats? Their website: MississippiDemocrats.org

You can learn about voting, the party, volunteering and upcoming events like the Community Conversation: April 24: 6-8pm at the Tougaloo College Auditorium.

MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PARTY

P.O. Box 1583

Jackson, MS 39215

811 E. River Pl. Ste 102

Jackson MS 39202

Telephone: (601) 969-2913

Fax: (601) 354- 1599

info@mississippidemocrats.org

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I love a good website and DOR has one. dor.mo.gov from there you can click on ABC, titles and tags, cannabis – whatever you want answers about.

Are you ready to vote today? If not, I’ve got some assistance for you. Yallvote.ms is the short cut to get tons of election information. They’ve got a “My Election Day” button to click to see where you vote, see a sample ballot, and see who your current office holders are. If you aren’t registered to vote . . . get yourself registered before May 5th so you CAN vote in the General Municipal Election, June 1st.

Can alcoholic beverages be sold on election day? According to the FAQ page of the Department of Revenue’s ABC section:

Sales of alcoholic beverages are not limited or restricted on election days. Local governments cannot restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages by package stores or on-premises ABC permittees on election days. Beer sales on election days may be restricted by a local ordinance.

Office of Consumer Services can provide information about services offered by DMH and DMH certified community service providers. Information is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling the DMH Helpline at 1-877-210-8513. Receive information about mental health, IDD, and substance abuse services available in your area.

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Does this talk make you want to take a bike ride? Visit Mississippi dot org has an information page to help you plan a ride in various parts of the state over various terrains.

In addition to Visit Mississippi, M-DOT has some advice for folks on bikes. M-DOT shares a 2019 report card for Mississippi from the League of American Bicyclist, where our state gets pretty bad grades. The good news is Go Gulfport has received a grant to help enhance cycling infrastructure and active transportation. You can read about the good, the bad, and the helpful from M-DOT’s website.

Next Tuesday is an important day – no foolin’. Next Tuesday, April 1st is election day! Polls will be open 7am to 7pm for municipal primary elections. We’ll have the link for the My Election Day website so you can type in your address and see the sample Republican and Democratic ballot for you

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If you need some answers after the recent storms in Mississippi : MS Legal Services dot org is a guide to free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Mississippi. Their disaster relief webpage has information about Federal Agencies that provide disaster assistance, Locating and applying for disaster assistance, and suggestions for settling insurance claims after a disaster.

MDOT says: If a traffic light is flashing yellow, it’s important to remember that there is no need to come to a stop, but motorists should stay alert for other drivers entering the highway and proceed with caution. When approaching a flashing red traffic light, drivers must come to a complete stop. An intersection with flashing red lights in all directions should be treated as a four-way stop. In the event of a power outage, treat dark traffic lights as a stop sign and intersections as a four-way stop.                             .

Money Talks, one of our MPB local shows heard at 9am just before In Legal Terms on Tuesday, is also a podcast. You can find their: Money Talks: Prepare for Emergencies podcast with tips on Preparing Before the Storm. That “storm” might be weather, economic, or family issues.

Our listeners came together to offer advice to caller "Ann" on getting a copy of her birth certificate. How to Request a Copy of a Panama Canal Zone Record Listener "Bob" suggested the hospital Ann was born in was in fact in the canal zone. If the person was born in the Canal Zone, he or she acquired U.S. citizenship at birth if born between February 26, 1904 and October 1, 1979, and one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person’s birth. USCIS The Canal Zone ceased to exist on October 1, 1979. See the so-called Torrijos–Carter Treaties (September 7, 1977). If the person was born in the Republic of Panama, but not in the Canal Zone, one parent must have been a U.S. citizen parent employed by the U.S. Government, or by the Panama Railroad Company, at the time of the person’s birth.

Also was the suggestion to contact their congressman.

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In 1971, Apollo 14 was the third Moon mission of the U.S. Apollo space program, but the flight was unique in one way: tree seeds were taken on the flight to later germinate “Moon Trees”! When selected for the Apollo 14 mission, Astronaut Stuart Roosa was allowed to carry approximately 500 tree seeds with him into space. The species selected were sycamore, loblolly pine, sweetgum, redwood, and Douglas fir, taken from lots of seeds collected at two U.S.F.S. Institute of Forest Genetics (I.F.G.) stations, the southern station in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the western station in Placerville, California. Mississippi State University proudly displays its Sycamore Moon Tree on campus near the Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. A Sycamore was planted at Camp Iti Kana, a Girl Scout camp near Wiggins, Mississippi. There’s is located near the camp flagpole.

A “Moon Tree” was planted on the grounds of Bayou Academy in Cleveland, Mississippi in late May 2024. As a seed, the Sweetgum traveled 270,000 miles around the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft in 2022.

NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi is contributing directly to the agency’s effort to land the first woman, the first person of color, and its first international partner astronaut on the Moon – for the benefit of all humanity. Work at the nation’s largest – and premier – propulsion test site will help power SLS (Space Launch System) rockets on future Artemis missions to enable long-term lunar exploration and prepare for the next giant leap of sending the first astronauts to Mars.

Michelle's inspiration: Star Trek

Liz's thoughts about items left on the moon: Salvage One

Adam remembered The Expanse (tv show and book series)

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Where can you get more information about our guests? mcadv.org from there you can read past newsletters, learn about their resources, and contact the staff for assistance or more information.

If you want to track a bill going through our legislature, how can you? legislature.ms.gov   From there you can search for a “measure” from either chamber, contact your representative, or watch a live committee meeting.

Some municipal elections have so many primary candidates that there might be a runoff in some races. Those Primary Runoff elections will be April 22nd. If you did not get registered to vote yet, you’ve got 3 weeks to register before any runoff elections.

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What’s going on this and next month at MCJ? They have an event calendar so you can see that there’s a “My Home My Rights” presentation tomorrow, February 26th at Rust College and an Expungement Clinic March 13th in Clarksdale.

Do you believe that “Justice Takes All of Us”? If you agree you might like that on a tote bag! Or a mug, mouse pad, or water bottle. Or could you order any of that or a t-shirt at the MCJ store or just make a donation.

You’ve only got until Monday to do something that will impact your life for years. This week, Municipal Clerks’ offices may remain open from 8am to 7pm, including the noon hour, for voter registration. You have until Monday, March 3rd to get registered to vote in our Primary Election either in person or have your application postmarked by Monday.

You can vote right now by absentee ballot, by mail, if you’ll be away from your home county on April 1st. In-Person Absentee Voting beginning Saturday, March 22nd. Here's the Secretary of State's 2025 Election Calendar.

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Oath for Lawyers Mississippi - Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)

Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1)

Chapter 3 - ATTORNEYS AT LAW (§§ 73-3-1 — 73-3-403)

Article 1 - ADMISSION AND CONDUCT OF ATTORNEYS (§§ 73-3-1 — 73-3-61)

Section 73-3-35 - Oath in each court

THE MISSISSIPPI BAR: A LAWYER'S CREED

MISSISSIPPI RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Today! February 18th

·       18th Absentee Ballots Available in the Municipal Clerk’s Office in the Primary Election.

·       20th Municipal Clerks’ Offices mail absentee ballots to voters on the permanently disabled list.

·       March 3rd is the Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline for the April 1, 2025 Municipal Primary Elections.

https://yallvote.ms/ is a shortcut website to reach the secretary of state’s website to learn about voting.

If you want to know more about our laws as they are being debated and passed – MPB’s @Issue is the show for you. Listen on MPB Think Radio at 6:30pm on Fridays or go to the @Issue page of the News Department on mpbonline.org for links to videos with addition interviews.

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NAACP Legal Defense Fund: about, history, staff, careers, how to get on their mailing list, and how to make a donation.

From NPR: On Jan. 3, the day the new Republican-led Congress was sworn in, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, reintroduced legislation aimed at stopping noncitizens from voting in federal elections — something that is already illegal and which research has universally shown rarely happens.

From Newsweek: The SAVE Act lists several types of documentation that would be accepted, including a form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005, a valid United States passport, valid military ID, forms of Tribal identification, and proof of naturalization. Many of these forms of ID, other than a passport, either include a birth certificate or must be presented alongside a birth certificate.

For our listeners who are interested The Memorial Service for Professor Richard Gershon will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Weems Auditorium (Room 1078) of the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford. A reception will follow in the atrium.

If you are an eligible Mississippi voter and need transportation assistance, we will provide a FREE ride to your Circuit Clerk's Office to get a Mississippi Voter ID Card.

Just call our FREE Voter ID hotline at 1-844-MSVOTER (1-844-678-6837) and tell us where you live. We will give you the names of local transportation providers to contact to make travel arrangements to fit your needs. A transportation provider will pick you up, take you to the Circuit Clerk's Office and bring you home. There is NO charge to you for the ride. It is EASY and FREE.

• Feb 18th Absentee Ballots Available: Municipal Clerk’s
• 24th – 28th  Voter Registration: Municipal Clerks’ Offices may remain open from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., including the noon hour.
• March 1st  Voter Registration: Municipal Clerks’ Offices MUST be open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. for voter registration.
• March 3rd Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline: Applicants who register in-person in the Municipal Clerk’s office or Circuit Clerk’s office today and those who mail registration applications post-marked no later than today are eligible to vote in the April 1, 2025 Municipal Primary Elections.

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In 2020, Black Soldiers comprised approximately 21% of the active-duty Army, 15% of the Army National Guard and 21% of the Army Reserve. Black Americans serve in the Army at a rate that is higher than their representation in the U.S. population. The active-duty percentage of Black Soldiers has remained higher than the representation of Black Americans in the U.S. population since 2002, with peaks in 2002 and 2014. In 2022, 146,793 veterans lived in Mississippi. 39,900 or 27% were Black or African American only. I am thankful for our Mississippians who have chosen to serve our country.

https://usafacts.org/topics/veterans/state/mississippi/ https://www.army.mil/blackamericans/index.html

If you’re interested in learning about the law and your rights in Mississippi, tune in to @Issue, MPB News’ Legislative Issues program heard here on MPB Think Radio at 6:30pm each Friday during the session or go to mpbonline.org and click on News to find video interviews from this session and previous broadcasts.

What’s our timeline having to do with elections in Mississippi?

• Absentee Ballot Applications are now available in your Municipal Clerk’s Office.
• Beginning the 15th: Municipal Clerks’ Offices will send absentee ballots for the first and second Primary Elections to UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens) voters who requested an absentee ballot this calendar year, i.e., since Jan. 1,2025.
• 18th Absentee Ballots Available in the Municipal Clerk’s Office in the Primary Election.
• 20th Municipal Clerks’ Offices mail absentee ballots to voters on the permanently disabled list.
• March 3rd is the Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline for the April 1, 2025 Municipal Primary Elections.
• March 22nd To be eligible to vote in the upcoming Primary Elections, Circuit Clerks or Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt of a completed FPCA  - federal post card application - from a UOCAVA voter.

I’ll have link to the Federal Voting Assistance Program and our Secretary of State’s websites that talk about voting while serving overseas.  

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Founded in 1938, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety currently has over 1,400 employees throughout the state. Those employees perform a variety of tasks, including issuing driver’s licenses and firearm permits, patrolling our roads and highways, keeping drugs off the streets, providing training and certification to law enforcement agencies, conducting forensic analysis and investigations, and much more.

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will kick off its 2025 National Educating America Tour with a free Alzheimer’s & Caregiving Educational Conference for Mississippi residents on Wednesday, February 19 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm CT at the Hilton Jackson Hotel (1001 East County Line Road, Jackson). The free conference is open to everyone and will allow participants to learn from experts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, brain health, caregiving, and legal and long-term care planning. Register by visiting //www.alzfdn.org/tour. Advance registration is highly recommended. Our friend Richard Courtney will be the legal representative speaking.

What’s up with our Mississippi legislature? Find out! The next season of the MPB News program @Issue has started. It’s heard on Fridays, at 6:30pm on MPB Think Radio. There will be additional content on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube channel. Republican Austin Barbour and Democrat Brandon Jones will participate in the weekly recaps and roundtable discussions about current issues.

January 31st is the Qualifying Deadline at 5:00 p.m. for Party primary and independent candidates for municipal office.

March 3rd  Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline for mail registration applications post-marked no later than March 3rd are eligible to vote in the April 1, 2025 Municipal Primary Elections.

https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/2025/2025%20Website%20Calendar%20-%20Municipal%20Elections.pdf        

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You can find a complete list of traffic laws in Mississippi in Title 63 “Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations” of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated

https://mdot.ms.gov/safetyeducation/teens/mississippi-traffic-safety/

HB 349 was passed and signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves during the last legislative session. It’s a ban on “squatted vehicles,” which prohibits modifications to motor vehicles which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender.

Auto Correct discussed this on their suspension broadcast on May 2nd 2024.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0349.xml http://autocorrect.mpbonline.org/episodes/auto-correct-suspension

ACLU Mississippi has a webpage that provides tips for interacting with police and understanding your rights.

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If you’re curious about NIL I’ve got a 10-minute podcast for you. MPB’s 10 Minute Time Out recently had a NIL episode. Here’s the link to own award-winning broadcaster Lacey Alexander’s show.

Next Monday (01/20/2025) is MLK Day and it’s also Inauguration Day. MPB Think Radio will broadcast the audio from a 1973 special MPB TV interview with Coretta Scott King on the anniversary of Dr. King’s actual birthday - tomorrow, Jan. 15th That’s at 6:30pm. On Monday the 20th our special programing of President’s Trump’s Inauguration from 10am to noon.(and yes, it the NCAA Men’s Football National Championship). He's MPB Think Radio's Schedule.

Surprise! It’s election season. It’s always election season. Gov. Tate Reeves has scheduled six special elections in Mississippi this year: two for the Mississippi House of Representatives, three for trial courts and one for a district attorney position.

1.     The residents of Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc and Webster Counties will choose a representative for Mississippi House District 23 on March 25.

2.     Lauderdale County residents in the district will vote for a House District 82 representative on March 25 to fill a vacancy.          

3.     Clarke and Lauderdale counties will vote for their choice for the 12th Chancery District, Place 1 Judge seat on Feb. 3.

4.     Pearl River County voters will vote for their choice of Pearl River County Court Judge in a Nov. 4 special election.

5.     Forrest and Perry counties will vote for circuit court judge on Nov. 4.

The qualifying deadline for the House of Representatives, county, circuit and chancery judge special elections is on Feb. 3 at 5 p.m.

6.     The 1st Circuit Court District includes residents in Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo counties; they will vote for their choice for district attorney on Nov. 4. The qualifying deadline for the district attorney special election is on Sept. 5 at 5 p.m.

(Mississippi Free Press)

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A Radio. Public Affairs Program

MPB’s In Legal Terms 2024

Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s In Legal Terms heard weekly Tuesdays at 10am on MPB Think Radio. Hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore and MPB Think Radio Producer Liz Gill. The show all about you and your rights. 

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MPB’s In Legal Terms 2024

Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s In Legal Terms heard weekly Tuesdays at 10am on MPB Think Radio. Hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore and MPB Think Radio Producer Liz Gill. The show all about you and your rights. 

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We’ve got a fantastic show for you today – if I do say so myself. I’m Liz Gill – MPB’s host. We’re going to Celebrate 10 years of In Legal Terms. We’re also celebrating Professor Richard Gershon from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He’s been here with the show since the beginning. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/richard-gershon/

Guests include:

• former Director of Radio at MPB, Jason Klein
• original expert co-host Matthew Hall, Associate Professor of Law and Jesse D. Puckett, Jr. Lecturer
• original producer and host Rita Brent, https://www.ritabrent.com/

Plus many other coworkers and former guest of In Legal Terms.

• Not everyone has the chance to listing to our show live. If you’ve missed any of our program you can listen to the whole show http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/
• We hope you’ll subscribe to our podcast and download some episodes so you can listen offline – in the car, on an airplane, or on vacation away from the internet.

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The Mississippi Public Service Commission, on June 13, 2024, approved a new area code to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. The new area code is 471. Existing 662 customers will keep their current telephone numbers, but new customers, or requests for additional lines, may be assigned the new 471 area code once it’s activated. Further updates will be announced as the implementation process begins in late 2025 or early 2026.

We had Public Service Commissioner, for the Northern District, Chris Brown on In Legal Terms April 9th. You can listen to that podcast to learn more about the Public Service Commission.

You can find out vehicle information by listening to MPB’s Auto Correct. On recent broadcast/podcasts Germaine Flood and Master Mechanic Coach Charlie Melton talked about 2 bills that recently passed the Mississippi legislature:

House Bill 0349 Squatted vehicles; prohibit modifications to motor vehicle which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender. bans vehicles with front fenders that are four or more inches higher than rear fenders.

Senate Bill 2695 Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

If you’re interested in finding out what our Mississippi House and Senate members are up to you can read or watch them online. https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ is the website to read about measures.

Now, if you want power yourself – you can register to vote. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website has a wealth of information about registering to vote. October 7th is the deadline for registering to vote in the November general election.

AUGUST 7th            Qualifying Period Begins. First day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying

statements for the offices of County School Board, Municipal Separate School District

Trustee, Special Municipal Separate School District Trustee or Consolidated/Consolidated

Line School District Trustee. Think about it. Could you see yourself on your county’s school board?

ILT Podcast about voting rights

ILT Mobile sports betting podcast

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We’ve got our most popular topic on the show today – Estate Planning. Everyone will die at some point. If you want a say on what happens to your property after you die, now is the time to make plans. Our guest Elizabeth Wynn from Kyle-Wynn and Associates will give us tips. If you’d like to read up on estate planning, Kyle-Wynn’s website has a resources tab with pdfs with information on HIPPA, trusts, veteran’s benefits and Medicaid information. 

https://www.mpbfoundation.org/ has a link and information about creating a will. There’s also information about leaving a legacy and planned donations.

About 1 in 9 people (10.9%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s dementia increases with age. 33.4% of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia. People younger than 65 can also develop Alzheimer's dementia. Although prevalence studies of younger onset dementia in the U.S. are limited, researchers believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age 30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have younger-onset dementia. https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf

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A podcast of interest: In Legal Terms: Foster Care Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with guest: Andrea Sanders, Commissioner for Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.

Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (CPS)

The State of Mississippi Judiciary; Administrative Office of Courts has a great website with authoritative information and links to many aspects of our Youth Court in Mississippi.

Families of at-risk or delinquent youth can get help from the Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Youth Services.

Do you need a quick gift for a loved one? How about you print off a copy of the Mississippi Voter Registration Application and gift it with an envelope and a stamp.

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In Legal Terms: new legislator Justis Gibbs Tuesday, November 14, 2023

ECM Legislative Roster Mississippi Legislative Roster Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi in the Apple Store and Google Play Store

It took a month and a day, but we now have elected State Sen. Jenifer Branning as the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice for District 1, the Central District with a difference of 1,440 votes. While we’re waiting for the next election cycle, now is the time to register to vote. Have you moved? Remember to register, you need to fill out the paper application and turn it into your Circuit Clerk’s office. If you don’t have access to a printer to download and print the application, maybe give your Circuit Clerk’s office a call and see if they will mail you one.

We’re only in a lull in elections for a minute! The primary and general election will take place in 2025 for Jackson’s mayor and municipal races. Mississippi Voter Information Guide 2024 and MS Secretary of State 2020-2030 Elections Calendar

In Legal Terms: Celebrating 10 years and Professor Gershon Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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What are some things you might need to pay taxes on that you wouldn’t think you have to pay taxes on?

• Scholarships
• Gambling and Fantasy football winnings
• Found Property
• Prizes based on your quality of work
• Canceled Debt
• Barter

In Legal Terms: Medicaid Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Giving Tuesday: MPB Foundation

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What do they do?

    The Mississippi Ethics Commission has four main areas of authority under four separate laws:

• The Ethics in Government Law – prohibits public officials and employees from having economic conflicts of interest.
• The Open Meetings Act – requires governmental boards and commissions to meet in public, unless they enter executive session by following a specific procedure for limited reasons.
• The Public Records Act – ensures the public can inspect and copy most government documents.
• The Campaign Finance Law – authorizes the Ethics Commission to issue advisory opinions to candidates about the use of campaign funds.

What do they Don't Do

• Unethical Personal Conduct
• Criminal Activity
• Elections
• Judges
• General Questions of Government Law
• Lawyer Ethics

U.S. House Ethics Committee Chairperson is our own Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss.,

The Ethics Committees are unique among all House and Senate committees in that they are bipartisan committees. 

On February 3, 1993, the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, issued by the Office of Government Ethics for codification at 5 C.F.R. Part 2635, replaced the many individual agency standard of conduct regulations with a uniform set of standards applicable to all employees of the executive branch.

Because they are intended to answer questions about the ethical conduct of more than a million individuals employed by more than 100 different Federal agencies, the Standards of Ethical Conduct are detailed.

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In 1971, Apollo 14 was the third Moon mission of the U.S. Apollo space program, but the flight was unique in one way: tree seeds were taken on the flight to later germinate “Moon Trees”! When selected for the Apollo 14 mission, Astronaut Stuart Roosa was allowed to carry approximately 500 tree seeds with him into space. The species selected were sycamore, loblolly pine, sweetgum, redwood, and Douglas fir, taken from lots of seeds collected at two U.S.F.S. Institute of Forest Genetics (I.F.G.) stations, the southern station in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the western station in Placerville, California. Mississippi State University proudly displays its Sycamore Moon Tree on campus near the Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. A Sycamore was planted at Camp Iti Kana, a Girl Scout camp near Wiggins, Mississippi. There’s is located near the camp flagpole.

A “Moon Tree” was planted on the grounds of Bayou Academy in Cleveland, Mississippi in late May 2024. As a seed, the Sweetgum traveled 270,000 miles around the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft in 2022.

NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi is contributing directly to the agency’s effort to land the first woman, the first person of color, and its first international partner astronaut on the Moon – for the benefit of all humanity. Work at the nation’s largest – and premier – propulsion test site will help power SLS (Space Launch System) rockets on future Artemis missions to enable long-term lunar exploration and prepare for the next giant leap of sending the first astronauts to Mars.

Michelle's inspiration: Star Trek

Liz's thoughts about items left on the moon: Salvage One

Adam remembered The Expanse (tv show and book series)

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Folks can hunt White Tailed deer and squirrel, rabbit, possum, racoon, bobcat just now. But it’s not quail season yet. Check our podcast information for the link to the 2024-2024 hunting seasons schedule found on the Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks website to know where and how and who can hunt just now.

There’s a terrific website that’s easy to follow and find what you’re looking for – in my opinion. For the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and parks: mdwfp.com

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving: November 26th GENERAL and SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION DAY: Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. On this Saturday, November 16th Absentee Voting: Circuit Clerks’ Office must be open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. What will be voted on? The Mississippi Supreme Court Central District and the contested Mississippi Court of Appeals race.

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Terri Maranoci, Community Corrections Director

Cecil Lott, Community Corrections Associate Director with the MS Board of Parole 239 North Lamar Street, Suite 501, Jackson, MS 39201

(601) 576-3520

(601) 576-3528

Information about parole in Mississippi, including the current Parole Board Members, Parolee Search, and Victim Parole Notification.

MS Department of Corrections

The Community Corrections division is responsible for the following agency functions:​​

• Community Work Centers
• Restitution Centers
• Technical Violation Centers​
• Interstate Compact
• Probation
• Parole
• Intensive Supervision Program
• Earned Released Supervision
• Transitional Housing Services

Do you need a ride to the polls today?

• WLOX reports that Lyft and Uber are offering 50% off rides to polling stations on Election Day as part of its voting access program. Lyft users can take advantage of the discount by preloading the code VOTE24 into their app until November 5.
• BlackNatchez.org is offering rides to the polls on Tuesday to anyone who lives in Adams County and needs one. For more information or to arrange a ride in Adams County, call Chakatria Fitzgerald at 318-719-0801; Adams County Supervisor Angela Hutchins at 601-807-0790; and the Rev. Maurice Irving at 601-807-6324.
• University of Mississippi Voting Engagement Ambassadors, is set for Tuesday, Nov. 5 to help students travel to polling locations in Lafayette County. Any student who is registered to vote in Lafayette County can use the shuttles for free.

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office has a complaint form online if you need to report a violation. I’ll have that link on our podcast information. Should you have any questions, please contact the Elections Division at (800) 829-6786.

To report a violation of your voting rights, intimidation, or suppression of your voting rights you can report it by: filing a report online with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Section or calling 1-800-253-3931

According to usa.gov: You have the right to cast your vote in private. There is no law against asking someone who they are voting for. But you do not have to share that information with anyone if you do not want to.

MPBonline.org will have election results as the come in. MPB Think Radio will begin national election coverage at 6pm tonight. At 7pm, when our Mississippi polls close, we’ll add our local election results as they come in to the National Election Coverage. MPB News Director Teresa Collier will report our results.  

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We’re very proud to have members of the Mississippi Special Education Coalition as our guests today to discuss the education rights for your student and the report the Coalition published. Joining us are Julian Miller from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Cassie Tolliver from Disability Rights Mississippi, and Ayanna Hill from American Civil Liberties of Mississippi.

The SPLC has created a guide for parents of children with disabilities titled “Helping Your Child With a Disability Get a Good Education,” including state-specific guidance for parents in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Article: Coalition trains advocates of children with disabilities in Mississippi

The Office of Special Education website is designated to provide important information to families of students with disabilities. Links to a variety of resources are provided related to child developmental milestones and ways to help your child succeed in school. If you are unable to find answers to your questions on their site they suggest you contact their office at 601-359-3498.

On the Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Special Education website, you can access the Access for All Guide which was developed by the MDE in collaboration with educators across the state to help teachers address issues that impact learners with a wide variety of needs. I would hope that having access to this information might help families better understand the classroom environment.

In Legal Terms has had 3 shows dealing with education this fall – on October 15th we learned about Special needs law and Able accounts. We talked generally about student rights on August 27th. August 6th was MPB Think Radio’s Education Week. Our broadcast /podcast was about Mississippi’s law schools. 

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Are you a fan of CCR – Creedence Clearwater Revival? What do you know about C, C & Rs? Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions are, in essence, the rules of a community. They describe the HOA’s obligations and rights to its members and vice versa. An association’s CC&Rs are recorded and filed officially with the state.

Two weeks from today, Mississippians will go to the polls to elect our president and vice president, our four representatives to Congress and one of our senate seats. I’m also voting for a Supreme Court Justice and an Election commissioner. What’s on your ballot? You can find out by going to yallvote.ms or you could go to your County Circuit Clerk and vote early if you’ll be away from your home county on election day or you have another qualifying event - like you’re 65 or over.

If you are intrigued or vigilant about HOAs, we’ve got some podcasts for you. Today’s guest Reed Martz from Freeland Martz has also talked about gun rights.

HOAs podcasts 05/21/2022 , 05/26/2020 , 06/18/2019   

Gun rights 04/04/2023 , 11/24/2020

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I love our shows but sometimes you needs a hand out or information you can refer back to when you want additional information. Our guest: Rick Courtney has a wonderful website with blog articles, Frequently Asked Questions section, and even a book: A Lawyer's Guide to Working with Special Needs Clients.

Our show is about you and your rights. Rights that are derived through laws made by lawmakers. Our next election is in 3 weeks. November 5th. If you think you’ll be away from your home county on that day you can vote absentee right now. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website y’allvote.ms has so much information or call your County Circuit Clerk for the information you need.

If elder law is interesting to you, you’ll find our Monday Talks podcasts of value. Just last week, a representative of the Social Security Administration was the guest. You can listen to that podcast now. Or you can send them an email with a question for the next time the topic is discussed (money@mpbonline.org) – or use the Talk To Us feature on the MPB Public Media App.  

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https://mscenterforlegalservices.org/ (800) 773-1737

I love that you’re listening to our show. But, if you want some quick information about divorce, The Mississippi Bar's website has a one page that you can read.

We’ve passed the date to register to vote for our next general election on Nov 5th. But you can vote early. If you know you’ll be out of your county on Nov. 5th head over to your circuit clerk’s office and go ahead and vote or get an absentee ballot and put it in the mail and make sure it’s postmarked Nov 5th or earlier. https://www.sos.ms.gov/absentee-voting-information

We love talking about the laws surrounding our families. We’ve done it quite a lot in the past year.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-adoption-2024

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-youth-family-defense-program

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-estate-planning-2024

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-wills-2024

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/gifts-and-estate-planning

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-wills-2023

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-child-support

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-marriage-estate-planning

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An application for voter registration must be postmarked or hand delivered to the Circuit Clerk’s Office located in the county of your voting residence no later than 30 days before an election. That’s Monday, October 7th this year. Online you can verify your voter registration and update your voter registration information from the sos.ms.gov website. 

Let’s assume you are registered to vote, but you’d like to vote absentee early. IF you’re sixty-five (65) years of age or older you can either vote in person or by mail absentee before November 5th. Under Mississippi law, there are many categories of people who are entitled to vote by in-person absentee or entitled to vote absentee by mail-in ballot. . Your County Circuit Clerk, is responsible for absentee voting and providing absentee ballots. Please contact your County Circuit Clerk to see if you are entitled to vote under Mississippi’s absentee voting laws.

November 5th is our next election day. That night, after the polls close at 7pm, MPB Think Radio and mpbonline.org will have coverage of the results.

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Thank you to law students Lonnie Cain and Caleb Baily for participating with our show.

For our farmers who are listening: Those interested in learning about the use of unmanned aircraft systems as row crop application sprayers are invited to a seminar at Mississippi State University.

The MSU Spray Drone/UAS Seminar will be held at the Bost Extension Center Oct. 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. This meeting will be presented in person and available online. Topics include regulatory updates, the current Federal Aviation Administration-approved spray drone list, current and potential spray drone restrictions and ongoing spray drone research at MSU.

In 2023 the governor signed Senate Bill 2853 with the description: Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only.  Make sure you know our Federal and Mississippi air and space laws.

Earlier this month MPB News reported: Electric plane startup partners with UMMC, MSU and Jackson airport

A network of electric aircraft charging stations is being built by BETA across the eastern United States so the needed infrastructure is there when electric planes are actually being flown. One of the chargers was unveiled at the Jackson airport on Tuesday, September 3rd, the fourth in the state.

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In Current events - Sample ballots are ready for the national election. You can see yours from the Secretary of State’s website. They’ve got a handy way to reach the website: https://yallvote.ms/

Absentee ballot applications are available now. Absentee voting starts Monday. If you think you’ll be away from your home county on November 5th, you can vote early. Check with your county’s Circuit Clerk’s Office.

With the election soon, you can’t vote if you’re not registered! Last week County Election Commissioners met to purge rolls in Mandatory Voter Roll Maintenance. You can check to see if you’re registered by going to the Secretary of State’s website. You can reach out to your county’s Circuit Clerk’s Office of you need a voter registration application mailed to you. But you must be registered by October 7th to vote November 5th.

Former In Legal Terms host Rita Brent is presenting: "Rhythm, Blues, & Ballots" A spirited night of LIVE music, political insight, and fellowship! Friday, 9/27, at Johnny T's in Jackson, MS. Panel discussion with community leaders about the upcoming election and other important voting matters starts at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the LIVE concert starting at 8:00 p.m. Voter registration will be available on-site

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The Mississippi Center for Justice opened its doors in 2003 with a simple mission: dismantling the policies that keep Mississippi at the bottom of nearly every indicator of human well-being. If you’d like to help with that – consider registering to vote. You can print off a voter registration application from the Secretary of State’s website or maybe ask your county’s circuit clerk’s office to mail you an application.

The MS Center for Justice - They’re some busy folks! There’s a Health Law – lunch and learn in Indianola next week in addition to a Fair Housing and Expungement Education event in Gulfport. The 3rd week of October holds a Small Farmer’s Conference, a Social Justice Empowerment Brunch, the Champions of Justice Signature Event. and the Great Mississippi Road Trip scheduled. We haven’t even made it out of the month. There are more events on their calendar with many more months of events taking place.

Their website has ways to donate, their social media links, events, and ways to “join their fight”. https://mscenterforjustice.org/

Look for the Legacy Leadership podcast of MPB Think Radio's Money Talks

Past podcasts with MS Center for Justice staff:

05/07/24 Robert McDuff MCJ

10/17/23 Champions of Justice - MCJ 

08/01/23 Expungements   

03/14/23 Loans

05/24/22  MCJ Heirs' Property

01/25/22 Educational Rights

11/09/21  Heirs' Property Help

01/12/21 Asylum and Immigration      

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If you’re in need of an attorney for personal injury, divorce, intellectual property, or whatever – try looking through the Lawyer Directory and the For the Public sections of The Mississippi Bar’s website: https://www.msbar.org/

Our show is about you and your rights. If you or a loved one will be away from your home county on November 5th – our national election day – you still have the right to vote. If you’re in the military or living overseas, you can still vote also. Find out more by visiting the Secretary of State’s website or calling your county circuit clerk. Absentee ballot applications are available Monday. Voting starts Monday the 23rd of September 2024.

We’ve been grateful that attorney Baskin Jones has partnered with us a few times. If you’re interested in the topic of personal injury look for our In Legal Terms podcasts from April 2nd of 2024 and October 10th and April 11th of 2023.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-personal-injury

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-auto-wrecks

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-car-wrecks

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The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has a great website about voting. If you need to register to vote you can print off a form, or just call and ask your county clerk to mail you a form. If you’re interested in helping to register folks to vote, there’s a tool kit online with all the details.

If you’re interested in Student Rights you’re probably interested in Education. There so much to read and learn about helping students on MPB’s learning page and on the MS Department of Education’s website.

I love a good handout to remind me of what I’ve learned. ACLU Mississippi has a Student manual on rights that can be downloaded. There are also their webpages on rights for youth and LGBTQ students. Donations are also accepted on that website.

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Delta State University has a cheat sheet you can download to learn about Robert’s Rules of Order. And Project Guttenberg, an online library of free eBooks, is offering a link to download a free digital version of the updated original book by Henry M. Robert.

The National Council of State Legislatures has an online set of classes for elected officials to help them learn parliamentary procedures. InsideHigherEd.com recently published an opinion article that suggests college students would be better advocates for promoting world peace if they learn parliamentary procedures and employed Talking and listening, rather than shouting down other views.

Mississippi doesn’t have the technology for online voter registration. And if you don’t have a computer and printer at your house, you can just call your county courthouse, and they can mail you a voter registration form. Be sure to register by October 7th to vote in our next general election. The secretary of state’s website sos.ms.gov

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If you need a little bit of help with a legal matter that can be handled without an attorney, you might want to attend one of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Projects Self Representation Clinics. There are clinics that discuss: Irreconcilable Differences Divorces, Uncontested Guardianships, Advance Healthcare Directives, Power of Attorneys, Simple Wills, Misdemeanor Expungements, Felony Expungements, and Foreclosure Prevention.

The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project has many opportunities for attorneys, law students, college students and paralegals with a willingness to serve. Folks Volunteer at legal clinics, there are attorney resources, and Continuing Legal Education opportunities. M V L P.org/volunteer has the details.

Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project relies on the generosity of donors to help connect low-income clients with volunteer attorneys who will fight for their rights. That might be by large or small contributions or by selecting MVLP as a Community Rewards Program recipient from Kroger or Amazon. M V L P.org/donate has more information.

Past podcasts:

07/26/2022 In Legal Terms: MVLP 2022

3/30/2021 In Legal Terms: MVLP

9/24/2019 In Legal Terms: Expungements

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Law School Admission Council

Complete 2 Compete (C2C) is a statewide initiative designed to inspire Mississippi's adults to complete their college degrees.

Get2College is a college access program of the Woodward Hines Education Foundation. We help you plan, prepare, and pay for college. Free support for Mississippi students and educators.

It’s not too soon to get registered to vote. Educate yourself! The Secretary of State’s website has so much information. Register by October 7th, 2024. All votes matter. Learn your rights. Learn if you’re eligible to vote absentee. Learn what you need to bring to the polls.

We’ll all be voting on law makers soon. You can learn from a non-partisan group – The League of Women Voters - about who’s running and where you can get more information about candidates, voting, and how to be a poll worker. Their website is VOTE411.org In Legal Terms has had representatives of the League of Women Voters on a couple of times. Voting with LWV-MS 09/26/23 and League of Women Voters 01/15/19

Who are our legislatures in our state? You can educate yourself by going to the website legislature.ms.gov and checking out your senator and representative, what various committees are up to, and take a virtual tour of the building.

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What courts handle the distribution of property in a divorce?

Chancery Courts have jurisdiction over disputes in matters involving equity; domestic matters including adoptions, custody disputes and divorces; guardianships; sanity hearings; wills; and challenges to constitutionality of state laws. Land records are filed in Chancery Court.

We’ve talked about domestic law a few times here on In Legal Terms. Most recently August 22nd of 2023 our guest was Chancery Court Judge Troy Odum and Child Support

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-child-support     

https://courts.ms.gov/aboutcourts/aboutthecourts.php

If you want to know what’s going on with our legislature, what’s being discussed, watch committee meetings, or see a calendar just head over to their website:

https://www.legislature.ms.gov/calendars-and-schedules/

I am very proud to announce that the next season of the MPB News program @Issue will be starting Friday, February 9th at 6:30pm on MPB Think Radio. There will be additional content on our YouTube channel. Michael Guidrey from MPB News will be joined by Republican Austin Barbour and Democrat Brandon Jones for weekly recaps and roundtable discussions about current issues. Will Stribling will be at the state capitol as MPB News' Legislative reporter.

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https://www.dor.ms.gov/abc

We hope we can answer your questions with our show today, but if we miss something, maybe it’s answered on the Department of Revenue’s Frequently Asked Questions page.

• The legal drinking age for beer and/or alcohol is 21 years of age. However, a person who is 18-21 years of age, in the presence of his parent or legal guardian, may consume beer with the consent of the parent or legal guardian. Please note that this exception is for beer only and specifically does not include hard liquor or wine products that contain more than 5% alcohol by weight. Further, a person who is at least 18 years of age and who is serving in the U.S. military may possess and consume beer on military property where or when the consumption of beer is allowed.​
• But also - Persons under the age of 21 may be inside licensed premises; however, they cannot be allowed to drink or be sold alcoholic beverages. Please note that the owner of the premises may prohibit minors from their premises at the owner’s discretion.​

Since 1966, ABC agents have successfully prosecuted in excess of 40,000 liquor law violations and destroyed approximately 3,000 illicit whiskey stills. https://www.dor.ms.gov/abc/abc-enforcement

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H.B. 1217 became law July 1, 2023. The new laws prohibit Limited English Proficient individuals from being responsible for the costs of court interpretation in all bilingual proceedings for civil and criminal matters. The law also now clarifies that a Limited English proficient individual is entitled to the services of an interpreter in any instance arising out of or pertaining to the individual’s involvement in litigation.

The Administrative Office of Courts has developed the Mississippi Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. For more detailed information please contact: Administrative Office of Courts

Attention: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access

Post Office Box 117 Jackson, MS 39205

T: 601-359-4469

deenie.miller@courts.ms.gov

For assistance with interpreters for the hearing impaired, please visit the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf at the following link: https://www.rid.org or https://www.odhh.org

Dr. J.G. Gómez, U.S. Army Veteran - Credentialed Interpreter and Translator Language Educator and Technologist - Gómez Language and Culture Services, LLC

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Canine companions website: https://canine.org/

From their website anyone can pre-order their 2024 puppy calendar, sponsor a puppy, or learn how to donate or volunteer.

National Headquarters:

1-866-CCI-DOGS (224-3647)

P.O. Box 446

Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446

If you’d like to read up on Mississippi law, check out

2013 Mississippi Code

Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE

Chapter 6 - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Article 5 - MISSISSIPPI SUPPORT ANIMAL ACT

§ 43-6-155 - Support animals' access to public places; limitations

https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-43/chapter-6/article-5/section-43-6-155

It’s always best to go to the official source for information. https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements/

US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: ADA requirements: service animals page where you can learn how “service animals are defined, where they are allowed, and how they must behave. According to their website:

Staff may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform.

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The Mississippi Public Service Commission, on June 13, 2024, approved a new area code to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. The new area code is 471. Existing 662 customers will keep their current telephone numbers, but new customers, or requests for additional lines, may be assigned the new 471 area code once it’s activated. Further updates will be announced as the implementation process begins in late 2025 or early 2026.

We had Public Service Commissioner, for the Northern District, Chris Brown on In Legal Terms April 9th. You can listen to that podcast to learn more about the Public Service Commission.

You can find out vehicle information by listening to MPB’s Auto Correct. On recent broadcast/podcasts Germaine Flood and Master Mechanic Coach Charlie Melton talked about 2 bills that recently passed the Mississippi legislature:

House Bill 0349 Squatted vehicles; prohibit modifications to motor vehicle which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender. bans vehicles with front fenders that are four or more inches higher than rear fenders.

Senate Bill 2695 Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

If you’re interested in finding out what our Mississippi House and Senate members are up to you can read or watch them online. https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ is the website to read about measures.

Now, if you want power yourself – you can register to vote. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website has a wealth of information about registering to vote. October 7th is the deadline for registering to vote in the November general election.

AUGUST 7th             Qualifying Period Begins. First day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying

statements for the offices of County School Board, Municipal Separate School District

Trustee, Special Municipal Separate School District Trustee or Consolidated/Consolidated

Line School District Trustee. Think about it. Could you see yourself on your county’s school board?

ILT Podcast about voting rights

ILT Mobile sports betting podcast

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The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services can give you more information about adoption and foster care. In Legal terms had their commissioner Andrea Sanders on a recent broadcast.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-foster-care

We also talked with folks from the Office of the State Defender about Youth and Family Defense

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-youth-family-defense-program

Senate Bill 2244      Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges. Was a bill recently passed by our Mississippi legislature. We’ll learn about that and other new laws next week on In Legal Terms.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2244.xml

 If you like watching videos or documentaries about adoption – The MPB Public Media App and PBS.org is for you! Many of the videos are free to watch. But if you are a sixty dollar annual contributor (that could be five dollars a month), you have the member benefit of Passport. You’re able watch any of the videos online and on our app. 

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Attorney volunteers are needed to serve as judges during the 2024 Mississippi High School Mock Trial Competition, sponsored annually by the YLD of the Mississippi Bar. There will be three Regional Competitions: Southern on January 27 in Gulfport, Central on February 3 in Jackson, and Northern on February 10 in Oxford. The Statewide Competition will be March 1-2 in Jackson. More Info: https://msbar.org/pro.../high-school-mock-trial-competition/

Have you thought about a career in law enforcement? In Legal Terms did a show with the director of training from the North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center . You can find that podcast from December 21st 2021 here: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-law-enforcement-training

February 12th is the Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline: Applicants who register in-person in the Circuit Clerk’s office on that day and those who mail registration applications postmarked no later than February 12th are eligible to vote in the March 12, 2024 Primary Elections. If you want to have a say in who is nominated by ONE party or THE OTHER for president, or the 4 House of Representatives seats or Senator Rodger Wicker’s Senate seat you have less than 2 weeks to get registered. https://sos.ms.gov/

IRSs News for 2024

State Sex Offender Registry

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One place to find a directory of public defender is the Office of State Public Defenders: ospd.ms.gov and click on Find a Public Defender. There you’ll see Felony level, certified parent, certified youth, and certified death penalty defenders.

There’s a Juneteenth Free Expungement Clinic Saturday, June 15th 2024 from 9am to noon in Canton. Get the address and list of things you MUST bring by checking the Office of State Public Defender’s facebook page post

If you’re interested in hearing more about the work from the office of State Public Defender, André de Gruy, check out our past podcasts:

In Legal Terms: Juvenile Life Without Parole 05/16/2024

In Legal Terms: Public Defenders 11/15/2022

In Legal Terms: Public Defender System Reforms

In Legal Terms: Bail 02/09/2021

In Legal Terms: Capital Defense 10/15/2019

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The website https://www.butlersnow.com/ has a long long list of News & Events you can select from to learn more about many subjects. More information about our guest can be found as well as the blog: Product Lines https://www.butlersnow.com/news-and-events/category/product-lines-blog

If you’re interested in the topic of product liability, In Legal Terms did another podcast on the topic a couple of years ago.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/in-legal-terms-product-liability

If you need help selecting a lawyer there’s a “How to Select A Lawyer” article on the Mississippi Bar website. https://msbar.org/for-the-public/how-to-select-a-lawyer/

Spoliation: The destruction or alteration of evidence resulting from a party's failure to preserve evidence relevant to a litigation or investigation.

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There are different kinds of juryies. If you travel more than 50 miles and need to stay overnight, you might be reimbursed for a hotel, mileage, and get a daily attendance fee. Read your details! https://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/petit-jury-information

We’ll have the Mississippi Bar’s video about being on a jury on our information page. https://msbar.org/for-the-public/juror-video/ and Juror's Guide (msbar.org)

From the website https://www.desotocountyms.gov/388/Jury-Duty: If you receive a phone call stating that you have missed your jury duty service and you are in contempt of court, please immediately contact the DeSoto County Sheriff. No one from this office will ever direct you to pay a contempt of court fine over the phone.

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You can find a complete list of traffic laws in Mississippi in Title 63 “Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations” of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated

https://mdot.ms.gov/safetyeducation/teens/mississippi-traffic-safety/

HB 349 was passed and signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves during the last legislative session. It’s a ban on “squatted vehicles,” which prohibits modifications to motor vehicles which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender.

Auto Correct discussed this on their suspension broadcast on May 2nd 2024.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0349.xml http://autocorrect.mpbonline.org/episodes/auto-correct-suspension

ACLU Mississippi has a webpage that provides tips for interacting with police and understanding your rights. 

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We’ve got our most popular topic on the show today – Estate Planning. Everyone will die at some point. If you want a say on what happens to your property after you die, now is the time to make plans. Our guest Elizabeth Wynn from Kyle-Wynn and Associates will give us tips. If you’d like to read up on estate planning, Kyle-Wynn’s website has a resources tab with pdfs with information on HIPPA, trusts, veteran’s benefits and Medicaid information. 

https://www.mpbfoundation.org/ has a link and information about creating a will. There’s also information about leaving a legacy and planned donations.

About 1 in 9 people (10.9%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s dementia increases with age. 33.4% of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia. People younger than 65 can also develop Alzheimer's dementia. Although prevalence studies of younger onset dementia in the U.S. are limited, researchers believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age 30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have younger-onset dementia. https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf

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Information about the work of the Mississippi Center for Justice, can be found on their website: https://mscenterforjustice.org/

Or on their social media accounts: Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and YouTube

In Legal Terms: Loans Tuesday, March 14, 2023

In Legal Terms: Champions of Justice – MSCJ; Tuesday, October 17, 2023

In Legal Terms: LGBTQ+ Tuesday, October 11, 2022

In Legal Terms: Public Funds Private Schools Tuesday, November 1, 2022 

In Legal Terms: MCJ Heirs' Property Tuesday, May 24, 2022

In Legal Terms: Heirs' Property Help Tuesday, November 9, 2021 

In Legal Terms: Mississippi Center for Justice Tuesday, August 7, 2018

In Legal Terms: Flowers v Mississippi Tuesday, October 13, 2020 

In Legal Terms: Housing with MS Center for Justice Tuesday, April 21, 2020 

If you’re interested in supporting the Mississippi Center for Justice, you’re in luck. They’re hiring. Their career page has a list of opportunities to work with the Center. They also accept donations since they are a not-for-profit organization. 

In Legal Terms: Law Libraries Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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There are over 50 bar associations in Mississippi. https://www.msbar.org/programs-affiliates/local-bar-associations/

Where can you look up a lawyer? https://msbar.reliaguide.com/home

Welcome to new In Legal Terms expert host: Adam Kilgore!

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There’s an easy to remember website where you can see if you qualify for Medicaid, locate a regional office, or watch a webinar. It’s https://medicaid.ms.gov/

If you love to know your rights – you could go to Bendefits.gov “your path to government benefits” to learn more about Mississippi Medicaid. https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/1631

Mississippi Medicaid has a twitter account: @MSMedicaid https://twitter.com/MSMedicaid

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Guests include:

• former Director of Radio at MPB, Jason Klein
• original expert co-host Matthew Hall, Associate Professor of Law and Jesse D. Puckett, Jr. Lecturer
• original producer and host Rita Brent, https://www.ritabrent.com/

Plus many other coworkers and former guest of In Legal Terms.

• Not everyone has the chance to listing to our show live. If you’ve missed any of our program you can listen to the whole show http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/
• We hope you’ll subscribe to our podcast and download some episodes so you can listen offline – in the car, on an airplane, or on vacation away from the internet.
• You can listen to the whole show on the MPB Think Radio You Tube Channel. I love that YouTube generates a transcript where you can search a broadcast for a word or phrase to listen back to some important information you might have missed.

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Our very special guest, North District Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown will break down any and all things related to the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

If you’re in need of an attorney for personal injury, divorce, intellectual property, or whatever – try looking through the Lawyer Directory and the For the Public sections of The Mississippi Bar’s website:

https://www.msbar.org/

I love that our show is about you and your rights. Your rights are being determined by your Mississippi house and senate representatives right now. You can find out what some of the bills and issues are by listening to the MPB News program @Issue heard on MPB Think Radio Fridays at 6:30pm with extra information on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@MSPublicBroadcasting

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If you’re in need of an attorney for personal injury, divorce, intellectual property, or whatever – try looking through the Lawyer Directory and the For the Public sections of The Mississippi Bar’s website:

https://www.msbar.org/

APRIL 2nd PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY. Polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-1031)

April 9th Absentee Ballots Returned by Mail Receipt Deadline, 5:00 p.m.: Circuit Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt of absentee ballots returned by mail for ballots to be timely. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day. (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-637(1)(a))

Voter ID Affidavit Ballot Deadline, 5:00 p.m.: Last day voters who cast an affidavit ballot by reason of voter photo ID may present an acceptable form of photo ID or complete an affidavit of religious objection in the Circuit Clerks’ Offices. (Miss. Const. 1890 § 249-A)

https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Elections/2024%20Website%20Calendar.pdf

Two Republicans will compete on Tuesday for the right to challenge 16-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Ron Eller and Andrew Scott Smith were the top vote-getters in the March 12 primary, but neither received the vote majority needed to avoid the runoff election.

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-primary-runoff-eller-smith-thompson-ce9225af839490e61d2c5eac3aec26f9

I love that our show is about you and your rights. Your rights are being determined by your Mississippi house and senate representatives right now. You can find out what some of the bills and issues are by listening to the MPB News program @Issue heard on MPB Think Radio Fridays at 6:30pm with extra information on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@MSPublicBroadcasting

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If someone was thinking of maybe “borrowing” another’s idea or creation. You might want to check out the 2020 Mississippi Code; Title 97 – Crimes; Chapter 45 - Computer Crimes and Identity Theft;

section 97-45-9. Offense against intellectual property; penalties There’s some big money fines for in appropriate actions.

One thing that I love about Mississippi is our music history. So many artists and such rich history are a part of our story. If you’re interested in learning more – take a little field trip to a Mississippi Country Music Trail or Mississippi Blues Trail marker. You can start at the https://visitmississippi.org/things-to-do/music/ website to learn about our experiences.

I haven’t looked at his calendar, but he probably can’t help everyone in Mississippi with their legal issues. Luckily the Mississippi Bar has a page for attorneys. They have a way to find an attorney.

https://www.msbar.org/inside-the-bar/sections/intellectual-property-entertainment-sports-law-section/

https://www.msbar.org/

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https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/campaigns/lgbtq-justice-project

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/trans_parent_resources.pdf

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/facts_about_low-income_lgbt_families_engish_and_spanish.pdf

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/tips_for_legal_advocates_working_with_lgbt_clients_english_and_spanish.pdf

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session House Bill 1607 Mississippi Women's Bill of Rights

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session House Bill 585 Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session Senate Bill 2753 SAFER Act

Mississippi Legislature 2023 Regular Session House Bill 1315 Pornographic online and digital/resources for K-12 students

ACLU Mississippi has a great page where you can learn more about protecting YOUR rights: police encounters, voting rights, constitutional rights, in addition to LGPBQ Student rights, Immigrant Rights and Abortion Rights. https://www.aclu-ms.org/ The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc, is a 501c(4) and c(3) organization.

ACLU Mississippi has a printable card on their website to present to a poll worker if for transgender voters if their gender identity is different  than the sex that was recorded on their birth certificate.https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/poll_workers_how-to_card_for_trans_voters.pdf

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Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM).

October 7th - General Election Voter Registration Deadline

When you go to the polls today or any time you go to vote, what types of photo IDs may be used on Election Day?

What if I don’t have any of the acceptable forms of photo ID? 

What if my ID is expired?

https://sos.ms.gov/voter-id/acceptable

Voters whose names do not appear in the poll book or do not have an acceptable form of ID are entitled to vote by affidavit ballot. https://www.vote411.org/node/7736

If you have a problem at the polls today or any election day you can call https://www.vote411.org/mississippi the League of Women Voters 1-866-OUR-VOTE That’s 866-687-8683

https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-rights

You can file an elections complaint if you have trouble voting. https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/HAVAComplaintForm.pdf

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Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court Judge Troy Odom gives us the details.

https://www.rankincounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=39

Instructions for PRO-SE Adult Name Change Petitions (without an attorney) from DeSoto County https://www.desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4600/Instructions-ProSe-Name-Change-Adult?bidId=

MISSISSIPPI NAME CHANGE GUIDELINES Procedures may vary by county. If you have any questions, please contact the ACLU of Mississippi TEAP Advocacy Coordinator https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/namechange_roadmap_aclu_teap_03_0.pdf

Questions:

• Social Security Name Change in Mississippi
• Changing gender on birth certificate
• Changing title anecdote
• Adopted parent name revocation
• Changing parent after DNA test
• Nickname
• Stage name

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If you’re enjoying this discussion of starting a business, Mr. Bettis was our guest on June 28th 2022.

And Professor Edwards was our guest to discuss Contracts on September 5th of 2023. I’ll have the links to those podcasts on this show’s information.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-business-law

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-contracts-2023

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office has a webpage: Y’all Business – Mississippi Business Information Center. If you go to their main website: https://sos.ms.gov/ it’s an easy click to their resource center on how to start a small business. I’ll have that link on this show’s information page.

https://yallbusiness.sos.ms.gov/Home

You can find out about new laws in Mississippi by listening to the MPB News program @Issue. It airs Fridays at 6:30pm on MPB Think Radio through the legislative session. There will be additional content on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@MSPublicBroadcasting Republican Austin Barbour and Democrat Brandon Jones will have weekly recaps and roundtable discussions about current issues. Will Stribling is at the state capitol as MPB News' Legislative reporter. https://www.mpbonline.org/news/issue/ https://www.mpbonline.org/news/

https://www.irs.gov/ https://www.dor.ms.gov/ https://www.sba.gov/

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