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January 17, 2008

Miss. House votes to allow weapons on Capitol grounds

The Sun Herald, 1/16/8 Here’s hoping those angry legislative debates don’t carry over into the parking lot. The Mississippi House voted 65-53 Wednesday to lift a ban on lawmakers or others having weapons on the Capitol grounds – for example, in the trunks of their cars. Weapons would still be banned inside the building.
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 17, 2008

Senate: New leadership shakes up status quo

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/17/8 With the end of former Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck’s eight-year run as lieutenant governor and the dawn of new Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant’s regime comes a season of change and transition in the Mississippi State Senate. Gone, too, is longtime Senate President Pro Tempore Travis Little, the Corinth Republican who retired from…