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Mississippi House Bill 1523 (H.B. 1523), also called the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act or Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act, is 2016 state legislation passed in direct response to federal rulings in support of same-sex marriage. [1] MS H.B. 1523 provides protections for persons, religious organizations ...
Interstate 610 ( I-610[ a]) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that forms a 37.972-mile-long (61.110 km) loop around the inner city sector of the city of Houston, Texas. I-610, colloquially known as The Loop, Loop 610, The Inner Loop, or just 610, traditionally marks the border between the inner city of Houston ("inside the Loop") and its ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
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A full House of Representatives Chamber listen as the nominations for Speaker of the House are underway at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.
The Mississippi House of Representatives Medicaid Committee has pushed forward a bill to federally expand Medicaid to potentially more than 210,000 Mississippians for the first time.
Six states chose reptiles named after the state. In common names, Arizona and Texas were represented by the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake and Texas horned lizard. [2] [4] [47] Mississippi and North Carolina appeared in scientific names: Alligator mississippiensis and Terrapene carolina carolina.
The Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 2014 act that states that "government should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification. [1] The act protects religious people from legal repercussions if they verbally condemn the lifestyle or actions of LGBT persons. Additionally, the bill expands the ...