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Mississippi House Votes to Limit Powers of Attorney General
The Republican-led Mississippi House voted Thursday to limit the powers of the attorney general who's the only Democrat in statewide office. But it's unclear whether the proposal will survive in the Senate.
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OPINION: Mississippi Lawmakers, Take Down the State Flag
My grandmother, who lived her entire life in Mississippi, made sure I understood what the Confederate symbol stands for, and I know that many of you were told the same stories as I.
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Mississippi Lawmaker Displays Unloaded Gun During Debate
A Mississippi lawmaker said he was trying to make a point about the hypocrisy of gun laws when he held up an unloaded pistol during a debate.
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'Anti-Gang' Bills: One Alive As Experts Warn About Downside
Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, did not want to debate the "anti-gang" bill for long this morning, and after about half an hour, he tabled House Bill 541, noting that the Senate had already passed its version of the legislation.
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Ed Department Awards 90 Vouchers in a Lottery After Some Went Unused
The Mississippi Department of Education held a lottery for 90 unused vouchers in the current school year as the Legislature could debate this afternoon whether to expand the program beyond special-education students to all children in the state.
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Korey Robertson
Greenwood, Miss., native Korey Robertson is the lone player selected from the University of Southern Mississippi in the draft and free agency.
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Pelosi Speaks for Record 8 Hours in Favor of 'Dreamers'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi staged a record-breaking, eight-hour speech in hopes of pressuring Republicans to allow a vote on protecting "Dreamer" immigrants—and to demonstrate to increasingly angry progressives and Democratic activists that she has done all she could.
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Plan Would Send More Tax Money to Cities for Roads, Water
Cities would receive a slightly larger share of Mississippi sales tax collections under a plan that lawmakers are debating.
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OPINION: Anti-Gang Act Would Be a Disaster for Mississippi
The Mississippi Anti-Gang Act flies in the face of recent legislative efforts to reduce our unsustainable prison population—which is currently the fourth highest per capita in the country.
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Bill: Let People Sue Over Gun-Carry Bans on Public Property
Mississippi residents with a certain type of gun license could sue governments under a bill passed Wednesday by the House.