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Candidates for the House must be at least 21 years old, while candidates for the Senate must be at least 25 years old. [5] Each house has the authority to judge the qualifications of its own members. [6] The Mississippi Legislature is a citizen legislature; most legislators have full-time occupations unrelated to their official roles. [4]
The House passed the bill over these legislators' objections, though the Mississippi State Senate added an amendment to the measure authorizing the Mississippi State Auditor to review the commission's expenditures. The amended bill was then passed by the House with 107 votes in support and 33 abstentions/absences. [5]
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 ...
House Bill 1609, which required a two-thirds majority in the House to move forward on the historic legislation, passed through the chamber 96-11, garnering a large amount of bi-partisan support.
House expanding Medicaid: Mississippi House passes state's first Medicaid expansion bill Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at gmclaughlin@gannett ...
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 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement. The victims were James Chaney from Meridian ...
More on the bill passing the House Some Mississippians with felony records one step closer to having voting rights restored Republican Sen. Angela Burks Hill is seen in a 2020 file photo.