Early Voting Bill Dies, Disenfranchising Crimes Remain: #MSLeg Roundup
School boards may have to implement cardiac emergency response plans under a new proposal. Runoffs could move to four weeks after a primary.
School boards may have to implement cardiac emergency response plans under a new proposal. Runoffs could move to four weeks after a primary.
A Mississippi House leader says he won’t move forward with a bill to allow a casino in the capital city of Jackson.
A $365 million package for a factory to manufacture electric vehicle batteries in Marshall County, Miss., earned broad, bipartisan approval.
Medicaid expansion is worth considering, says Rep. Sam Creekmore, the new chairman of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee.
Jackson residents who commit local misdemeanor offenses could soon appear before an unelected, Mississippi Supreme Court-appointed municipal judge from any part of the State after the Mississippi Legislature sent the final version of House Bill 1020 to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk. If signed, the bill would take some authority away from elected judges and prosecutors over the 83% Black city’s capitol district.
The Mississippi Legislature will restrict the City of Jackson’s use of the 1% Sales Tax to water issues if House Bill 1168 becomes law.
Mississippi Senate Bill 2343 would give Capitol Police jurisdiction “relative to the enforcement of all laws of the State of Mississippi within the boundaries of the City of Jackson, Mississippi.”
The Jackson City Council passed a resolution calling House Bill 1020 an “unconstitutional” effort that “would deprive the citizens of Jackson of their right to elect judges according to the Mississippi Constitution.”
“The clock is ticking” on spending federal funds that would provide Mississippi with economic relief, alleviate hospital shortages and repair ailing infrastructure and more, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann warned in an MFP Voices piece today.
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