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June 1, 2022
SALTER: Justice Scalia’s words on Second Amendment absolutism are true and prophetic
By: Sid Salter On the brutal reality of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting – and all the others in our country dating back to Columbine and Luke Woodham’s rampage at Pearl High School in Mississippi – the “thoughts and prayers” of do-nothing politicians ring particularly hollow and meaningless. I come at this as a gun…
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May 6, 2022
MCRAE: Don’t Go Broke Because They Went Woke
By: Treasurer David McRae I have done a lot of traveling across Mississippi in the last few weeks, and I am always surprised when at nearly every stop someone asks: What are you going to do about ESG? ESG is the wonky of all wonky issues, but it intimately affects almost every Mississippian. Short for…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 22, 2022
Mississippi Equal Pay legislation signed into law
Governor Reeves was joined by Attorney General Lynn Fitch as he signed HB 770. On Wednesday, Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (House Bill 770), making Mississippi the last state to adopt an equal-pay protection law. The legislation is set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. The…
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Frank Corder
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April 5, 2022
Hyde-Smith: I cannot in good conscience support the confirmation of Judge Jackson to SCOTUS
Senator Hyde-Smith says Jackson’s record indicates a readiness to legislate from the bench. As expected, Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) issued the following statement on Monday regarding her decision to vote against the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court as nominated by President Joe…
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April 1, 2022
WICKER: I will be voting “no” on President Biden’s SCOTUS nominee Judge Jackson
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker Senator Wicker says meeting Judge Jackson did not alleviate his concerns that she has a far-left judicial philosophy. This past week, I met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in my office to discuss her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. I entered that meeting with serious concerns about her record…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 25, 2022
Bills to Watch for the 2022 Mississippi Legislative Session
The Mississippi Legislature has returned to Jackson for the 2022 Legislative Session. Y’all Politics has compiled a list of bills that we anticipate to be pertinent to discussions throughout this year’s session. This compilation will be updated, changed and added to as lawmakers continue their work under the dome. HOUSE Top Picks: HB 530 The…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 15, 2022
Hyde-Smith, colleagues target ATF ‘secret guidance’ threat to Second Amendment rights
The Senators wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Acting ATF Director Marvin Richardson to demand more transparency. On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) announced she had joined 19 of her colleagues in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting ATF Director Marvin Richardson demanding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 9, 2022
Mississippi Legislature passes, kills bills prior to floor deadline
Today is the deadline for all general bills and constitutional amendments that originated in the opposite chamber. On Wednesday, March 9th, lawmakers faced a floor deadline for all general bills and constitutional amendments that originated in the opposite chamber. A number of bills were passed or killed, while lawmakers invited conference on others. Bills that Died…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 3, 2022
Bill to prohibit teachings of “inferior or superior” groups passes Mississippi Legislature
The bill is entitled Critical Race Theory, but questions still remain among members as to whether it actually prohibits CRT teaching. The Mississippi House took up the Senate’s bill that would limit conversation surrounding race, gender and sexual orientation in the classroom. The bill is entitled Critical Race Theory; prohibit, but with no direct language…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 23, 2022
SALTER: $73 million verdict in Sandy Hook lawsuit unlikely to impact red states like Miss.
By: Sid Salter Does the stunning $73 million verdict against gun manufacturer Remington in the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators signal a sea change in litigation against gun makers? In a word, no. Congress has provided near blanket legal immunity…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 16, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith cosponsor resolution to end nationwide mask mandate for Head Start students
If enacted, the resolution would nullify a HHS interim final rule. On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) joined their Republican Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that places mandates on Head Start programs across the country.…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 2, 2022
Mississippi Legislature committee deadline sees 567 bills die in Senate, another 1,042 bills die in House
The Tuesday deadline for general bills to be moved out of committee leaves a number of hot topics on the table. On Tuesday, Mississippi legislators faced a deadline for general bills to be moved out of committee in their respective chamber. All general bills that are not passed out of the originating chamber’s committee by…
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