Longtime state Senator Turner dies after illness
Longtime Democratic Mississippi state Sen. Bennie Turner, a lawyer, champion of public education and respected member of the Legislature, died Tuesday. He was 64. Sen. Hob Bryan, a longtime colleague...
View ArticleBloated school payrolls, other woes fuel talk in Mississippi Legislature of...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Reports of decrepit buildings, illiterate high school students and bloated employee rolls could fuel another round of school district consolidation by the Mississippi Legislature....
View ArticleDead or alive? See status of key bills at Mississippi Legislature’s first...
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Here’s a glance at the status of selected bills in the Mississippi Legislature. Tuesday was the first major deadline of the 2014 session. It was the final day for House and...
View ArticleGov. Phil Bryant convenes special session Thursday on tornado costs
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s share of recovery costs after the deadly April 28...
View ArticleMississippi legislature approves $17 million for tornado recovery
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Both chambers of the Mississippi legislature has approved $17 million to help pay for recovery from disasters, including tornadoes that recently pounded the state. A bill passed...
View ArticleNumber of women decreasing in Mississippi legislature: analysis
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn has been traveling the state telling voters the same thing for months: if you want your man’s voice to be heard at the Capitol, you’d better...
View ArticleMississippi Legislature cutting two weeks off 2016 session to save money
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Legislature is cutting two weeks off of its session this year to save money because of budget cuts. Instead of meeting four months as they usually do to...
View ArticleIn bipartisan nod, GOP-led Mississippi Senate commends Obama
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Republican-led Mississippi Legislature has resisted much of President Barack Obama’s agenda. But in a bipartisan gesture of goodwill,...
View ArticleFlag bills die, limits on attorney general survive deadline
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Tuesday marked the first big deadline during the three-month session of the Mississippi Legislature. It was the final day for House and Senate committees to act on general bills...
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