Legislative weekly summary
Recap of week’s action in the Mississippi state legislature.
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Senate advances immigration enforcement bill
Local and state officials enforcing the act would receive broad immunity and indemnification protections unless they act in bad faith or with reckless disregard.
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Special session reaction
Some reaction comes out on the results of the legislative special session.
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Special session to start on Wednesday
A budget has to be settled by July 1, when the new fiscal year begins.
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Election Commissioners offer new Senate districting map proposal
Senate District 2 becomes a minority-majority district. Senate District 11 remains a Black-majority district but lowers its Black voting population by about nine percent.
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McRae: Growing Mississippi
I’m incredibly proud to be born and raised in Mississippi. We have strong values and a good way of life.
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Hickman: A call for accountability and true leadership in state government
This legislative stalemate underscores a troubling pattern of misplaced priorities.
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Simmons: Eliminating the state income tax is a risky gamble
This is textbook regressive taxation in favor of the rich: shifting the tax burden from those most able to pay to those who are already stretched thin.
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Legislative weekly summaries
Legislative weekly summaries
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Legislative weekly summaries
Weekly recap of action at the Mississippi State Capitol.
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