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March 15, 2016

AP requests MS House, Senate email, schedules to “test government openness”

Top Miss. lawmakers: Email, schedule not for public JACKSON – Republican leaders in the Mississippi House and Senate have denied a request for email correspondence and information about their schedules, saying the state Public Records Act does not apply to legislators. Top Democrats in each chamber ignored identical records requests The Associated Press submitted as…
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March 14, 2016

MBJ: Support for gas tax for roads, bridges cited in YP poll

New poll shows Mississippi voters back higher gas taxes for roads, bridges Magellan Strategies BR’s automated telephone survey shows 43 percent support from Republican voters and 42 percent from Democrats. The pollsters surveyed “likely” voters in the state’s March 8 presidential primaries. A total of 995 Republicans and 471 Democrats responded. Opposition from likely Republican…