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Pay raise for legislators bill dies quiet death
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Tue,02/15/22-5:36PM , 1,175 Reads 19,291 Statewide
A proposal to give state lawmakers a pay raise died a quiet, ignominious death without a vote or even discussion on Monday.
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Mississippi divorce laws are irrevocably broken. This Senate bill would help.
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Tue,02/15/22-9:36AM , 2,086 Reads 27,582 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

A Mississippi Senate bill would add an “irrevocably broken” marriage as grounds for a divorce.

This is the latest in an age-old, usually fruitless, effort to bring Mississippi’s antiquated, misogynistic divorce laws into the 20th (that’s right, 20th) century.
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Mississippi RNC delegation splits on vote to censure Cheney, Kinzinger for serving on Jan. 6 committee
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,02/14/22-4:24PM , 899 Reads 13,307 Statewide
Mississippi’s Republican national committeemen and committeewoman were divided on Friday’s RNC vote to formally censure Republican U.S. Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois for serving on a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
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Brice Wiggins improperly used state campaign funds for congressional race
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,02/09/22-5:24PM , 1,106 Reads 25,120 Statewide
State Sen. Brice Wiggins, a candidate for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District seat, used money from his state office campaign account to pay for congressional ads, which is prohibited by Federal Election Commission regulations.
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