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Mississippi House Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, is sponsoring a bill to establish a court system with unelected judges and prosecutors to oversee Jackson’s Capitol district.
The Mississippi Free Press will appeal the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s determination that the State Legislature is not a public body under the Open Meetings Act. That decision, which the commission finalized today, allows the House Republican Caucus to gather a full quorum of the Mississippi House of Representatives and deliberate on legislation in secret.
The Mississippi Ethics Commission held its likely final discussion on the Mississippi Free Press’ complaint against the State House of Representatives today, restating their disagreements over the commission’s decision to declare the Mississippi Legislature not a public body under the Open Meetings Act.
A majority on the Mississippi Ethics Commission has rejected its staff’s recommendation to affirm that the Mississippi House of Representatives is a “public body” that is subject to the Mississippi Open Meetings Act in a 5-3 vote.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn announced a bipartisan slate of lawmakers who will comprise his Speaker’s Commission on Life and steer the effort to craft legislation focused on pregnancy, children and families.
Mississippi may be less likely to wrongly remove naturalized immigrants from the voting rolls under a new bill Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law today.
Mississippi lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk today that will raise pay for the average Mississippi teacher by $5,140 this year, with additional future pay raises throughout their careers.
Magnolia State educators may soon enjoy an income bump of about $4,850 on average after lawmakers in the Mississippi House and Senate struck a deal this evening to raise teacher pay.
For six hours on Thursday, Black Mississippi House representatives argued against a bill that would set limits on discussions of race in classrooms.
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