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January 18, 2017

House Jud A tables partisan judicial election bill

Panel tables plan for judges to be elected with party labels The House Judiciary A Committee, on a split voice vote on Tuesday, tabled House Bill 496. Mississippi switched from partisan to nonpartisan judicial elections in 1994. However, House Speaker Pro Tem Greg Snowden, a Meridian Republican, says he thinks the state should switch back.…
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January 18, 2017

Rep. Baker’s bill to require approval for AG to file suit over $250,000 moves to full House

Bill: Attorney general must get OK for suits above $250,000 The House Judiciary A Committee Tuesday passed House Bill 555, which would require a three-person panel of the governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state to approve plans to file any civil lawsuit where the state could win more than $250,000. That panel must already…