We’ve got a show today unlike any other. Our guest, attorney and former deputy sheriff, Francis Springer and our host, Adam Kilgore, are having an “Ask Us Anything” show.

• Follow up on getting a birth certificate.
• Traffic stop
• Co-signing
• Contingency cases
• Open Meetings

Today’s Legal Term on In Legal Terms: The Posse Commitatus Act

We’ve got some news you’ll want to know if you drive OUTSIDE of the state of Mississippi. In 30 states, including Alabama and Tennessee, as of June 5, 2025 a new law takes effect to ban all handheld device use while driving. This includes calls, emails, texts, or using the internet. Devices cannot be accessed even at a stop light or traffic jam. It’s called the Touch Law.

What a wild election process last week – and it is still not over!

• Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt by 5pm today of absentee ballots returned by mail for ballots to be timely. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day.
• Today also: Last day voters who cast an affidavit ballot by reason of voter photo ID may present an acceptable form of photo ID or complete an affidavit of religious objection in the Municipal Clerks’ Offices.
• Friday the13th Municipal Election Commissioners shall certify the General Election Results and forward certified results to the MSOS.

By state statute, whenever a race is tied, it shall be decided by a coin toss or a drawing of straws. And toss a coin is what a Rankin County Justice Court Judge had to do when the Pelahatchie Alderman’s ward one race was a tie at 34 votes each.

Our lawmakers passed a budget for the state. Would you like to know more? The MPB News broadcast: @ISSUE had one last show on Friday about the Special Session. You can now listen to the podcast or watch the show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s YouTube Channel.

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It’s everywhere! We just talked about it on Everyday Tech on Monday. We’re talking about it again in 2025 on In Legal Terms. Why are we talking about artificial intelligence, AI, again on our show? Let’s find out.

Guest: Megan McGrew from Baker Donelson. Megan serves as Director of Legal Process Engineering where her focus is on the concierge approach to the application of legal innovation tools and technologies into the working lives of attorneys and their clients. She uses her experience in legal project management, legal process improvement, knowledge management, pricing, data analytics, and implementation of legal innovation tools to develop bespoke offerings that truly fit the need of the attorneys, their practice, the clients, and their engagements.

Her past broadcast with us: 02/28/2023 In Legal Terms: AI Software

Everyday Tech is MPB’s technology show where you can call in with your questions about tech and get the opinion of expert Sabir Adbul-Haqq. Yesterday, June 2nd THEY talked about AI. The Bean Path was their guest: AI Month is a month-long exploration of artificial intelligence and its real-world impact — from art and gaming to business and STEM education. Each week features unique experiences across the Jackson metro area, including live talks, virtual sessions, hands-on workshops, and STEAM days for all ages. Whether you're an AI beginner or an advanced tech enthusiast, there's something for everyone.

It’s election day, Mississippi. Municipal Elections are today from 7am to 7pm. “My Election Day” website on the Secretary of State’s site has your sample ballot.

Legal Terms on In Legal Terms: machine learning

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How would you feel if you needed to go to court or conduct legal business but weren’t fluent in the language? Our guests will help us understand court interpreter service in Mississippi: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access Mississippi Supreme Court and Dr. Javier Gerardo Gómez, Credentialed Court Interpreter.

H.B. 1217 became law July 1, 2023. The new laws prohibit Limited English Proficient individuals from being responsible for the costs of court interpretation in all bilingual proceedings for civil and criminal matters. The law also now clarifies that a Limited English proficient individual is entitled to the services of an interpreter in any instance arising out of or pertaining to the individual’s involvement in litigation.

The Administrative Office of Courts has developed the Mississippi Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. For more detailed information please contact: Administrative Office of Courts

Attention: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access

Post Office Box 117 Jackson, MS 39205

T: 601-359-4469

deenie.miller@courts.ms.gov

For assistance with interpreters for the hearing impaired, please visit the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf at the following link: https://www.rid.org or https://www.odhh.org

Dr. J.G. Gómez, U.S. Army Veteran - Credentialed Interpreter and Translator Language Educator and Technologist - Gómez Language and Culture Services, LLC

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