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Legislative redistricting plans adopted in House, Senate setting up 15 special elections
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Fri,03/07/25-4:00PM , 1,081 Reads
Each chamber has now adopted the other’s legislative redistricting plans setting up special elections for House and Senate seats later this year.
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Mississippi lawmakers narrow down legislation as session’s end in sight
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Fri,03/07/25-3:45PM , 1,209 Reads
With Sine Die (end of the legislative session) just over a month away, Tuesday’s deadline for committees to report out general bills originating in the other chamber means many measures ended their run for this session, dying in committee, while others saw the light of day and advanced to the floor.
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CAPTURED: 71-year-old inmate, who was issued a walker, is repeat escapee
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Fri,03/07/25-2:30PM , 1,267 Reads
EDITOR'S NOTE: The announcement that Nevin Whetstone was captured was made by the Mississippi Department of Corrections at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
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Senate reduces indigent counsel fee increases that were proposed by House
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Fri,03/07/25-2:15PM , 767 Reads
A drastically reduced indigent counsel fee bill passed the Senate floor Thursday morning, slashing the House proposed increase by thousands of dollars.

Ten senators, Democrats and Republicans, voted present when Senate Appropriation Chairman Briggs Hopson (R) requested passage on the morning roll call.
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