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April 15, 2014

Judicial redistricting plan delayed until 2015

Judicial redistricting plan delayed until next year Lawmakers left state Capitol without reaching an agreement on a judicial redistricting plan although the goal was to try to craft a plan and have it in place for this year’s judicial races. State law gives lawmakers until the end of 2015 to adopt a judicial redistricting plan…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 15, 2014

Ethics Commission rules text messages are public record

Text messages about government business are public records, rules Mississippi Ethics Commission Public officials’ text messages about government business are public records, the Mississippi Ethics Commission says. The commission’s first opinion on the matter was unanimous, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/RjB86B) reported. The opinion arrived Monday in a dispute between the newspaper and the…