Jackson Casino Bill Quickly Dies in Mississippi House
A Mississippi House leader says he won’t move forward with a bill to allow a casino in the capital city of Jackson.
A Mississippi House leader says he won’t move forward with a bill to allow a casino in the capital city of Jackson.
All registered Mississippi voters could be able to cast a ballot up to 15 days before an election under an early-voting bill the House passed.
Jackson’s water system could soon be under the control of a state-appointed body after the Mississippi Senate passed a bill to transfer authority.
Mississippi could limit last-minute polling-place changes, ban AI images intended to cause harm and more.
Mississippi reporters could soon have less direct access to the Legislature’s deliberations after Sen. Kevin Blackwell introduced a pair of bills.
Efforts for Mississippi to revive the ballot initiative system in Mississippi will now fall to Sen. David Parker, a new Senate committee chairman.
Hopes for restoring a ballot initiative system in Mississippi are alive again as the Mississippi Senate reopened the possibility one week after a Senate leader killed the legislation last week amid differences with the Mississippi House.
Mississippi citizens will not be able to organize and vote on issues using ballot initiatives again any time soon after a Mississippi Senate leader allowed legislation that would have revived the option to die on calendar due to multiple concerns.
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson celebrated the passage of new voting restrictions on March 14, 2023, saying that banning “ballot harvesting” is necessary “to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat” in Mississippi elections.
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