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Mississippi lawmaker crafts bill to excuse Legislators, their spouses, from jury duty

HB 999 would allow every member of the Mississippi House and Senate, as well as their spouses, to claim “personal privilege” in order to be excused.

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Mississippi House candidate charged after Satanic Temple display destroyed at Iowa Capitol

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines was destroyed, and a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot running for a statehouse seat in Mississippi is accused of the damage. The display is permitted by rules that govern religious installations inside the Capitol but has drawn criticism from […]

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MS elections: State House and State Senate races for Jackson area

Other races in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties have candidates running unopposed. But these state legislative races in area are contested.

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Transcripts for MSNBC Civil War 20240604 04:27:00

I served in the mississippi house of representatives for district 84, about 16,000 people in the whole county. everybody knows everybody. everybody knows, i m not here to argue the design of the flag. that is not my intent. some universities took the flag down. in state dollars and in public universities, and you should display whatever that symbol is. do you think this is an issue that matters to the people in your district? yes, ma am. why? i just think it s a heritage, it s a history. there s a big movement to remove confederate history.

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