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  2. List of sundown towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A sundown town is an all-White community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-Whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting harassment.

  3. Sundown town - Wikipedia

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    [24]: 23 [26] In 2021, the state of Nevada passed a law prohibiting the appropriation of Native American imagery by the mascots of schools, and the sounding of sirens that were once associated with sundown ordinances. Despite this law, Minden continued to play its siren for two more years, claiming that it was a nightly tribute to first responders.

  4. Category : Sundown towns in the United States by state

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    Sundown towns in Georgia (U.S. state) (2 P) I. Sundown towns in Illinois (9 P) Sundown towns in Indiana (14 P) Sundown towns in Iowa (2 P) K. Sundown towns in Kansas ...

  5. Sheboygan was thought to have sundown laws that urged Black ...

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    Today, the city is home to the Sheboygan Black-American Community Outreach, which continues to advocate for peace and unity. Gary C. Klein can be reached at 920-453-5149 or gklein@gannett.com ...

  6. Mississippi Legislature - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi Legislature has the power to write state laws [11] and craft appropriations to fund state government. [4] All bills passed by the legislature become law unless vetoed by the governor, though the body may override the veto with the approval two-thirds of the members of each House. [25]

  7. Abortion in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the Mississippi State Legislature passed a law that required abortion clinics to have doctors on staff with hospital admitting privileges. This almost led to the closure of the state's only abortion clinic. [26] Mississippi legislature was one of eight states nationwide that tried, again, and failed, to pass a "fetal heartbeat" bill in ...

  8. Texas Supreme Court halts execution of East Texas man accused ...

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    UPDATE: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals shot down a last-minute motion by a Travis County judge to halt the execution of Robert Roberson. Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court, one of Roberson ...

  9. On America's booziest street, surgeon general alcohol warning ...

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    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY Updated January 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM NEW ORLEANS ‒ On the booziest street in America, news that the Surgeon General thinks alcohol should come with warning labels is being ...