Arguably the most controversial piece of legislation introduced in the 2023 Mississippi legislative session has been signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves. House Bill 1020,...
State lawmakers allocated a historic amount of money to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) during the 2023 legislative session to improve infrastructure and fully fund...
The legislative session has ended. Here are the big bills that passed. A bill that allows people who donate to food pantries to get a tax...
Funding for hospitals, education, infrastructure top Mississippi Lt. Governor’s list of highlights in his final session of his first term. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann met with...
Another legislative session has come and gone without Mississippi’s ballot initiative process being restored. In a last-ditch effort prior to sine die, the Senate attempted to...
Philip Gunn, who has served as Speaker for 12 years, will not be running for re-election in the 2023 state elections. On Monday, Speaker of the...
Although the 2023 Mississippi legislative session was predicted by some to be uneventful given it’s an election year, lawmakers decided to go against the grain and...
Mississippi lawmakers passed arguably the most controversial bill of the 2023 legislative session on Friday. Legislators sent House Bill 1020, authored by Representative Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia,...
Lawmakers are now expecting that this year’s legislative session will need to be extended for a few additional days, as numerous big-ticket bills and budgets are...
This week’s Friday ‘Sip looks at Trump’s potential arrest in Manhattan, a disappointing legislative session for conservatives, the Jackson garbage dispute that won’t go away, and...