A Washington, D.C., jury has found Thomas Smith of Mathiston, Miss., guilty of nine felonies, including assaulting officers, and two misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The Mississippi House passed Senate Bill 2212, which will grant 12 months of postpartum Medicaid coverage, by a 92-7 vote. Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn of Clinton voted against it.
Protesters gathered on Feb. 15, 2023, at the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to rally against House Bill 1125, which bans treatments for transgender minors in Mississippi.
Attorney Rob McDuff of the Mississippi Center for Justice is now representing the Mississippi Free Press and Nick Judin in an ethics complaint against the House Speaker Philip Gunn and the Republican House Caucus for refusing to allow Judin and other members of the public to attend its meetings. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann believes Republican Senate Caucus gatherings fall under the Mississippi Open Meetings Act.
A minority of 35 Republicans, including U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, voted to filibuster consideration of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection that left five dead, including one Capitol Police officer.
Mississippi House Rep. Michael Guest, who represents Mississippi’s third congressional district, was one of the just 35 Republicans in the U.S. House to vote in favor of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Mississippi’s history board should remain free from political interference, historians from across the state are telling House lawmakers, asking them to oppose Senate Bill 2727.
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