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Mississippi ballot initiative measure set to die for fourth straight year
Lawmakers have been unable to agree on restoring the ballot initiative after the state Supreme Court in 2021 ruled it was unworkable because of the signature-gathering process.
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House passes bill to make switching public K-12 school districts easier
House Bill 1435 passed the GOP-majority chamber 67-46, with partisan crossover supporting and opposing the legislation. Four Democrats joined the Republican majority to support the proposal, while 10 Republicans joined with the Democratic minority to oppose the bill.
‘This is a stupid bill’: Mississippi House advances DEI ban
If the legislation were to become law, any public school or state-accredited nonpublic school that receives more than two complaints alleging a violation could lose state money.
Measures allowing former felons to regain voting rights clear House committees
Mississippi has one of the harshest disenfranchisement systems in the nation and a convoluted way for restoring voting rights to people.
Sending taxpayer money to private schools advances in Mississippi House
Rep. Rob Roberson acknowledged the bill faces a tough road ahead in the Legislature before it would have a chance of becoming law.
Mississippi midwives push for licensure: ‘If we don’t do something now, it’s going to get done for us’
The bill specifically addresses professional midwifery – not nurse midwifery, which requires more extensive medical training – and it only seeks to standardize training, not to limit scope of practice for midwives.
Campaign finance transparency bill faces uphill battle in Mississippi Legislature
Most other states, including all those surrounding Mississippi, have searchable databases of campaign contributions, as there also are for federal candidates.
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