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He was chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2018. He also chaired the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2003 to 2005. With over 45 years of combined House and Senate service, Cochran is the second longest-serving member of Congress ever from Mississippi, only after former Democratic U.S ...
The chairs of the Finance Committee in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee and Appropriations Committee in the House often exercise significant influence over legislation. [4] Mississippi judges have usually deferred to the legislature on legal questions involving its internal decisions and operations; such things are not subject to ...
A bill making its way through the Mississippi Senate could shutter the state's 123-year-old penitentiary at Parchman by 2028. ... The bill will now be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee ...
The Mississippi Senate passed forward a bill that aims to control if the Public Employment ... R-Olive Branch, listens during the Appropriations Committee meeting at the Mississippi State Capitol ...
All together, women hold just over 11% of seats on Mississippi’s five money committees: Joint Legislative Budget, House and Senate Appropriations, House Ways and Means and Senate Finance. Mississippi has never had a woman as governor or House speaker. Only two women have been elected lieutenant governor, decades ago.
A new committee leader in the Mississippi Senate will influence whether the state revives a way for people to put issues on the statewide ballot.
In addition to serving on Appropriations, Education, and other committees, Wiggins serves as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Public Health Committee, one of the largest committees in the Senate. In a rare occurrence as a freshman legislator, Wiggins served as Chairman of the Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee during his first term. [5]
(The Center Square) – Mississippi state Sen. Angela Burks Hill introduced a bill that would end diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in the state’s higher education system. Senate Bill ...