From the Wire

Supreme Court Denies Mississippi, Wisconsin Abortion Appeals The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from Mississippi and Wisconsin seeking to put in place restrictions on abortion clinics that were struck down by lower courts.
Appeals Court Opens Way for Mississippi to Resume Executions Mississippi could be able to resume executions early next month after an appeals court denied to rehear a case challenging a drug the state plans to use in lethal injections.
Judge Blocks Part of Mississippi LGBT Marriage Law A federal judge ruled Monday that Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Bobby MoakThe Mississippi Democratic Party elected new leaders to head the organization for the next four years, including former House minority leader Bobby Moak as party chair, the organization said in a statement Sunday.
Mississippi Gov Sets Special Session to Patch Current Budget Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling legislators into special session Tuesday to patch a hole in the budget before the fiscal year ends at midnight Thursday.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Clinic Regulations The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.
Bryant Could Call Tuesday Session to Deal with Budget Gap Gov. Phil Bryant says he's considering calling a special legislative session Tuesday to deal with a shortfall as Mississippi's 2016 budget year comes to a close.
Sanders Says He'll Vote for Clinton, But No Endorsement Yet Bernie Sanders said Friday he will vote for Hillary Clinton for president, stopping short of a full endorsement of his Democratic presidential rival more than a week after the final primary contests.
Britain Votes to Leave EU: Cameron to Resign; Markets Rocked Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the prime minister Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in continental unity designed half a century ago to prevent World …
US Judge Hears Arguments Over Mississippi LGBT Marriage Law Mississippi is the only state to enact a law listing specific religious beliefs to be protected in reaction to the legalization of same-sex marriage, a professor testified Thursday in federal court.
Obama Immigration Plan Blocked by 4-4 Tie at Supreme Court A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
Police Driver Acquitted of All Charges in Freddie Gray Death A judge acquitted a police driver of all charges on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore's worst riots in decades.
Trump Has Trouble with Facts in Clinton-Bashing SpeechWASHINGTON (AP) — In a speech skewering Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump assigned her far more influence than she had as secretary of state as he blamed her directly for a host of foreign policy ills. He also peddled some suspect …
Bryant Taps Deputy Treasurer to be State Finance Director A deputy state treasurer will become the new director of the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration.
Dems Stage Election-Year Sit-in On Guns; GOP Refuse to Yield A drained and dwindling group of Democrats carried their remarkable House floor sit-in into the morning Thursday, disrupting the business of Congress in the wake of the Orlando shooting rampage and making demands for gun-control votes in an extraordinary protest …