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Introducing the New Students Against Violence App
This app helps you overcome those situations and more. The Students AgainstViolence (SAV) app enables you to take a stand against violence in your school or community with helpful information on bullying, teen dating violence, domestic violence, school violence, self-harm/suicide, depression/anxiety, youth drug abuse, electronic cigarettes and underage drinking. Learn more by exploring each section below.
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Hood, State Officials Address E-Cigarette “Epidemic” Among Teens
“I am especially alarmed that this largely unregulated industry is creating a new pathway for addiction in adults as well as our youth,” General Hood wrote in the letter to retailers. “As an entity doing business in Mississippi, I strongly encourage you to set the standard for good corporate citizenship and ask that you stand with me to protect the health and well-being of our citizens.”
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AGs File Motion to Unseal Generic Drug Price Fixing Complaint
“The patients are the ones harmed by these companies’ greed, so they should be able to read on their own just how extensive this conspiracy is between the companies fixing their drug prices,” General Hood said. “These are every day drugs that Americans rely on. We’re asking the court to show America the startling evidence we’ve uncovered.”
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AG Hood Files Suit to Block T-Mobile, Sprint Megamerger
“We’re trying to stop this merger because Mississippi customers would not benefit from the merger, but it would likely increase prices in the long run for them,” General Hood said. “Competition creates a healthy market, and a merger like this one would reduce options for consumers.”
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AG JOINS 50 ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND 12 COMPANIES IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS
“I can’t go anywhere without meeting someone who has been harassed by unwanted robocalls. As a result, I have committed to serving as a leading state in the Robocall Technology Working Group for the National Association of Attorneys General, and I’ve worked with the Mississippi Public Service Commission, federal enforcers, and other AGs to do everything we can to stop unwanted robocalls." -Attorney General Jim Hood
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Jim Hood has served as Attorney General of Mississippi since 2004. Prior to being elected as Attorney General, he
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July 16, 2019

Download our CHILD DESERTION UNIT: ENSURING SUPPORT FOR OUR CHILDREN to find out more
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July 15, 2019

Read this publication for questions related to landlord-tenant issues.

March 8, 2019

View the Crime Victim Compensation Brochure in Spanish

March 8, 2019

View the Domestic Abuse Protection Order brochure in Spanish

March 8, 2019

View the Victim Compensation Application Guidelines in Spanish

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Brandon Man Pleads to Possessing Child Pornography

September 13, 2019

Joshua Daniel Barrett, of Brandon, will spend five years in prison for possessing child pornography, Attorney General Jim Hood announced.
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Hattiesburg Woman Arrested for Stealing from a Vulnerable Person

September 12, 2019

A Hattiesburg woman faces 10 years in prison for allegedly stealing money from a vulnerable man for whom she was managing his finances for, announced Attorney General Jim Hood.
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Attorney General’s Office Releases Reeves Road Report After Independent Reviews by Two Former Supreme Court Justices

September 11, 2019

The Office of Attorney General placed on its website today a nine-page opinion written by former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice David Chandler, after Chandler and former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwin Lloyd Pittman, who also served
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Introducing the New Students Against Violence App

Hood, State Officials Address E-Cigarette “Epidemic” Among Teens

AGs File Motion to Unseal Generic Drug Price Fixing Complaint

AG Hood Files Suit to Block T-Mobile, Sprint Megamerger

AG JOINS 50 ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND 12 COMPANIES IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS

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