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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
December 23, 2022

117th Congress heads home, sends $1.7 trillion spending package to President

Mississippi’s Thompson, Wicker vote in favor of the bill as Hyde-Smith, Kelly, Guest and Palazzo oppose it.  On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 225-201 to pass the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package the U.S. Senate officially passed the day before, avoiding a Christmas break government shutdown that would have ensued at midnight when…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 23, 2022

PEER reviews recently passed Parkers Law aimed at curbing fentanyl deaths

The new law provides harsher punishments for individuals who sell fentanyl or items laced with the drug that led to death.  The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, or PEER, recently reviewed a bill passed in 2022 called Parkers Law. The bill ultimately increases the penalty for anyone who knowingly sells or profits…