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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 19, 2022

Equal pay bill expected to be considered on Mississippi House floor this week

Mississippi is currently the only state without such a provision.  As early as Wednesday of this week, State Representatives in the Mississippi House could take up the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (HB 770) authored by Rep. Angela Cockerham (I). Mississippi is currently the only state in the nation without state level equal…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 19, 2022

Despite Governor’s objections, MS Senate again passes bill to give AG attorneys same disciplinary powers as Real Estate Commission

Reeves vetoed a similar bill from the 2021 session. A variety of bills appeared before the Mississippi Senate last week, including Senate Bill 2097 which was presented by State Sen. Daniel Sparks. On Thursday, before the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act was taken up on the floor, Senator Sparks introduced the bill which would enact a…