Week In Review

By Emily Wagster PettusASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division speaks, June 1, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) JACKSON, Miss. — A new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson by requiring the appointment of some…

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By Sudhin ThanawalaASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock delivers remarks as Christine King Farris lies in state during a ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol, in Atlanta, Friday, July 14, 2023. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid…

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By Todd Richmond and Kathleen Foody ASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: Rev. Jesse Jackson announces that he is stepping down as the president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced last Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition,…

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Legislators are ‘late to the party’ on laws concerning artificial intelligence.By Madyson FitzgeraldSTATELINE.ORGABOVE PHOTO: Georgia State University students during a Startup Student Connection job fair in March 2023 in Atlanta. Many companies are using artificial intelligence in the hiring process — something lawmakers are looking at regulating. (AP Photo/Alex Sliz) As artificial intelligence finds its…

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By Christina A. CassidyASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: Secretaries of State attend a panel about elections during the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON — Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Kayla Woods rests during a wildland firefighter training Friday, June 9, 2023, in Hazel Green, Ala. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and four historically Black colleges and universities is opening the eyes of students of color who had never pictured themselves as fighting forest fires. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) By Terry…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This image from video from a police worn body camera from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement officials say, Taylor Taranto, a man wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack…

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By Christopher Rugaber ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Squeezed by painfully high prices for two years, Americans have gained some much-needed relief with inflation reaching its lowest point since early 2021 — 3% in June compared with a year earlier — thanks in part to easing prices for gasoline, airline fares, used cars and groceries. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A person walks along the shore of Lake Michigan as the downtown skyline is blanketed in haze from Canadian wildfires, June 27, 2023, in Chicago. As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) ASSOCIATED…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that removes race from the admissions process, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences, the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni….

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