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VICKSBURG — Miss Pine Belt Vivian O’Neal, in her fifth year competing in the annual competition, was crowned Miss Mississippi 2023 at Saturday night’s final competition held at the Vicksburg Convention Center. O’Neal, a native of Hattiesburg, was the last woman standing after three preliminary rounds. She was crowned by Miss Mississippi 2022 Emmie Perkins. O'Neal, who currently works as a

The Texas State Legislature passed a bill on Sunday that would ban the performance of “sexually oriented” shows in front of minors. The State House approved Senate Bill 12 in an 87-54 vote. If the legislation is signed into law, performers who violate the law could be charged with a Class A misdemeanor and punished with a $4,000 fine or one year in jail. Meanwhile, businesses caught hosting

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spent most of 2022 saying that Brazil’s electronic voting machines couldn’t be trusted. For his words, he will now be prevented from appearing on any of them until 2030, as the Superior Electoral Court on Friday reached a majority to convict him of abuse of power.

Five of Brazil’s seven electoral justices ruled that Mr. Bolsonaro committed 

Colorado officials are still refusing to cooperate with local counties after the secretary of state’s office sent more than 31,000 foreign nationals postcards on how to register to vote in time for the 2022 midterms.

According to a newly released report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), the Colorado secretary of state’s office has refused to give county election officials