JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi House members say they’ve agreed to resume work after partisan tensions stalled business for most of Thursday and Friday.
House Speaker Philip Gunn and Legislative Black Caucus leader Earl Banks said Friday afternoon that they expect delaying tactics to cease Monday.
Democrats forced bills to be read aloud as a filibustering tactic Thursday and Friday.
Exact outlines of the agreement are unclear, but Democrats say they hope that a bill moving Simpson County from the Southern to the Central District for Supreme Court, Transportation Commission and Public Service Commission seats will die in the Senate. The bill was the immediate spark of the slowdown.
Democrats also say they hope that a rule change ending members’ right to address the House on personal topics can be at least partially reversed.
