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Gov. Reeves Signs Law Requiring Citizenship Checks For Voting in Mississippi

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.

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Ashton Pittman April 14, 2022
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MFP Voices

Hosemann’s Gerrymandering Is Political Assassination of A Republican Woman

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has ended my Senate career by using gerrymandering to erase a Republican seat. He silenced a conservative Republican woman.

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Melanie Sojourner April 4, 2022
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Mississippi House Sends $5,140 Teacher Pay Raise to Governor’s Desk

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.

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Ashton Pittman March 22, 2022
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MFP Voices

Our Communities and Constituents are Counting on ARPA; Withholding Not Rational

Our state is one of four that have not begun obligating their funds. If we wait another year to appropriate ARPA, we have less time to complete the jobs and we have fewer available contractors, subcontractors and civil engineers.

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Delbert Hosemann March 21, 2022
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Mississippi House Announces Compromise Plan to Raise Teacher Pay By $4,850 Average

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. 

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Ashton Pittman March 10, 2022
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Mississippi Senate Passes Income Tax Cut Slashing $446 Million in Revenue

The Mississippi Senate approved legislation to reduce the state income tax by hundreds of millions of dollars, despite caution from opponents who questioned the wisdom of doing so while education, roads and other public infrastructure remain critically underfunded.

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Ashton Pittman February 24, 2022
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Equal Pay Act Moving Ahead in Capitol Risks Widening Inequality For Women, Leaders Warn

Wage disparities could widen for women and women of color in particular if either of two “Equal Pay” bills in the Mississippi Legislature become law, the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable and leading equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter warn.

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Ashton Pittman February 9, 2022
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Gov. Reeves Signs Medical Marijuana Law; Allows Fewer Patients Than Initiative 65

Thousands of Mississippians with specific medical conditions will soon be able to receive medical-marijuana treatment with a physician’s approval after Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act into law late Wednesday.

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Ashton Pittman February 3, 2022
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Against ‘Illogical Beliefs,’ Medical Marijuana Earns Mississippi Senate Approval in 47-5 Vote

A large bipartisan majority of Mississippi senators voted to approve a medical-marijuana program that would allow patients to receive up to 3.5 ounces a month for treatment. The debate was not without frivolity.

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Ashton Pittman January 14, 2022
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