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What happened (or more importantly didn’t) in the 2026 Mississippi legislative session

By Geoff Pender, Taylor Vance, Michael Goldberg, Devna Bose and Katherine Lin | Originally published by Mississippi Today

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Mississippi Today reporters recap the legislative session just ended, at least for now. The ‘26 session will be known more for what was killed — due to infighting between House and Senate GOP leaders — than what was passed.


This article was originally published by Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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