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April 7, 2014

Mississippi Democrat Chair @RickeyCole says 2014 session more “nonsense” to “appease the fringe”

Analysis: Justice, teacher pay top session issues Mississippi lawmakers used their 2014 session to enact substantial changes to the state’s criminal justice system, give pay raises to teachers and a few thousand lower-paid state employees and put more money into training new state troopers. They passed bills to limit union activities and to make it…
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April 7, 2014

Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker outlines #HobbyLobby Supreme Court case

Wicker: Supreme Court Considers Pivotal Case on Religious Freedom The Obama Administration’s intrusiveness into Americans’ daily lives is again under scrutiny by the Supreme Court. Two family-owned companies, Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties, say these contraceptives go against their long-held religious beliefs. During the case’s oral arguments on March 25, lawyer Paul Clement…