— Election officials in Mississippi’s most populous county had to scramble to complete required poll worker training after an early September breach involving county computers. In Hinds County, such training is typically completed by early October before a November general election, according to Election Commissioner Shirley Varnado. The cyber incident caused a slight delay in the county’s ability to process …
According to a Houston-based attorney, Second Judicial Circuit Judge David W. Hummel Jr. pulled out a gun to make a point about personal protection in the middle of a trial, WTRF reports. Varnado was representing natural gas producer EQT, and said her team moved to disqualify Judge Hummel from the case "after learning he and his family also own minerals, …
