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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 6, 2022

Auditor: Each homicide in Mississippi costs taxpayers nearly $1 million

Estimates suggest taxpayers likely lost between $136.8 and $182.4 million due to homicides reported in Jackson in 2021 alone. On Monday, the Office of the State Auditor released a report which showed each homicide in Mississippi costs taxpayers between $900,000 and $1.2 million. Those costs include crime scene response and cleanup, medical treatment and compensation…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 3, 2022

Wicker joins House leaders to release bipartisan discussion draft of comprehensive data privacy bill

The draft legislation is the first comprehensive privacy proposal to gain bipartisan, bicameral support. On Friday, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation joined U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce,…