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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 29, 2020

State Rep. Ramona Blackledge resigning over pay

Less than a month into her term, freshman State Rep. Ramona Blackledge (R-HD 88) is resigning from the Mississippi House of Representatives. Her resignation, she says, is a result of Speaker Philip Gunn’s stance on members not receiving their legislative pay in addition to also receiving state retirement from PERS. Blackledge defeated four term former…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 28, 2020

Congressman Guest joins bipartisan group to introduce bill to examine skyrocketing insulin prices

Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) joined a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives to introduce legislation to require an examination of the health and economic impacts of skyrocketing insulin prices. The bipartisan bill would require the government to study and report the scope of the problems created across healthcare by the rise in…