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January 3, 2018

Key committee chairs left unfilled on day one of #msleg

2018 legislative session opens with big issues on the horizon Neither presiding officer filled key committee vacancies caused by resignations of legislators during the past year. The most influential vacancy is the House Education Committee chair. Gunn said he hopes to have the committee vacancies filled by the end of the week. The key Senate…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 3, 2018

State Rep. Holland tells #msleg he’s recovered from what was diagnosed as dementia, now unsure if he’ll retire in 2019 as he indicated last session

HOLLAND TELLS LAWMAKERS MEMORY PROBLEMS EASE A long-serving Mississippi lawmaker says he has recovered from an illness that had been diagnosed as dementia. Rep. Steve Holland, a Plantersville Democrat, made the announcement Tuesday as lawmakers met for the first time in 2018. He says his short-term memory problems cleared up in August. Holland says they…