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March 29, 2017
State Sen. Dawkins (D) sponsors hearing for ACLU at State Capitol on gender equality and transgender rights
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March 14, 2017
SALTER: Health care debate in Mississippi fundamental due to our state’s poverty
SID SALTER: Health insurance debate producing needed difficult questions The missing piece of the puzzle is that ACA was an attempt to achieve universal health care coverage. In that attempt, making the actuarial math even approach balance required that, yes, men paid for pregnancy coverage just as women helped pay for prostate exams. Men subsidized…
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March 10, 2017
HARRISON: Speaker Gunn raises profile in state with stances on lottery, #msflag
BOBBY HARRISON: Flag, lottery increasing speaker’s profile Gunn, a Jackson attorney who resides in Clinton, is becoming more well known because of his association with two issues that engender significant interest and in some instances emotions in Mississippi. Those issues are changing the state flag that includes the controversial Confederate battle flag as part of…
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February 27, 2017
@CongPalazzo calls Trump’s reversal of Obama transgender directive “common sense”
2/23/17
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February 23, 2017
Trump administration lifts Obama-era transgender bathroom guidance
Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance Transgender students on Wednesday lost federal protections that allowed them to use school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities, as the Trump administration stepped into a long-simmering national debate. The administration came down on the side of states’ rights, lifting Obama-era federal guidelines that had been characterized…
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February 15, 2017
Fifth Circuit to hear #HB1523 case in April
HB 1523 federal appeals hearing set for April JACKSON – The fight over last year’s House Bill 1523 could kick into gear again as early as April. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has tentatively scheduled oral arguments on the controversial “religious freedom” law for the week of April 3. Gov. Phil…
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January 27, 2017
MS Senate passes “Blue Lives Matter” bill #msleg
Senate passes “Blue Lives Matter” bill Senate Bill 2469 adds language that if a crime is committed because the victim’s actual or perceived job is law enforcement, firefighter or emergency medical technician, it would be considered a hate crime just as it would if a person was targeted due to race, gender or religion. “I…
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January 19, 2017
PERRY on gender wage discrimination: It already is illegal
BRIAN PERRY/Wage discrimination Paying a woman of equal credentials and results less than a man because of her sex should be illegal. It already is illegal. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sex discrimination in employment and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires a man and a woman doing substantially…
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January 11, 2017
State Treasurer Fitch (R) supports equal pay for women bill by House Dem Leader Baria
Fitch: End gender wage gap in MS With one bill sent to committee and another coming down the pike, both authored by Democratic representatives, Republican State Treasurer Lynn Fitch is voicing her support for gender financial equality in the workplace. “This is critical,” Fitch said. “This is a time where we should move beyond and…
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December 7, 2016
State Rep. Doug McLeod: “I want our universities to break away from the NCAA” #msleg
Legislator wants state’s universities out of ‘political’ NCAA The forum, featuring Sens. Sean Tindell and Michael Watson and Reps. Doug McLeod and Scott DeLano, had been fairly tame with the four agreeing the Coast delegation was unified and prepared for a tough fight over BP funds; that some sort of education funding overhaul was inevitable;…
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November 14, 2016
SALTER: The electoral process worked exactly as designed
SID SALTER: The electoral system worked President-elect Donald Trump served up a lot of controversial comments, gaffes, outrages and unfounded accusations over the course of the 2016 election cycle. But at the end of the day, Trump won the election and won it fairly within the rules of presidential electoral politics. Pro-Clinton or anti-Trump protesters…
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October 31, 2016
@AGJimHood comments on #SCOTUS decision on transgender bathroom case
Attorney General Jim Hood Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to hear arguments in a lawsuit between a Virginia public school board and a transgender student regarding which restrooms the transgender student is permitted to use. Attorney General Hood joined amicus briefs…
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