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The Mississippi Legislature is a citizen legislature; most legislators have full-time occupations unrelated to their official roles. [4] Members receive a base salary of $23,000 per year. As of April 2022, most legislators garnered a total compensation of $40,000 to $50,000 per year from salary, per diem payments, and other reimbursements and ...
The Government of Mississippi is the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Power in Mississippi's government is distributed by the state's Constitution between the executive and legislative branches. The state's current governor is Tate Reeves. The Mississippi Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate.
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The Mississippi Legislature passed several bills in the 2024 session that will have lasting impacts on the state. ... Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be ...
Mississippi State Finance Committee Chairman Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, looks into the Senate Chamber gallery and applauds Bill Cork, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, for ...
The Mississippi Legislature has sent a bill to the governor's desk that aims to expand Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women. House Bill 539 was approved by the Senate on Wednesday with a 48-4 ...
Article 4, Section 36 of the Mississippi Constitution specifies that the state legislature must meet for 125 days every four years and 90 days in other years. The Mississippi House of Representatives has the authority to determine rules of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and expel a member with a two-thirds vote of its membership. [1]
Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, files a number of bills in House chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Lawmakers have dropped more than 2,000 bills by the Tuesday ...