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Shuwaski Young, former U.S. Homeland Security staffer, to run as Democrat for Congress
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 172 Reads
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:12 PM
Shuwaski Young, 38, who worked in the Department of Homeland Security in the administration of President Barack Obama, plans to run in the U.S. House 3rd District Democratic primary with the intent of challenging Republican incumbent Michael Guest in the November 2022 election.
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Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn during Legislative session at the Mississippi State Capitol Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

If Gunn runs for governor, there will be speaker’s race, but not like old-time donnybrooks
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 335 Reads
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 12:00 PM
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Mississippi could be on the verge of what used to be one of the fiercest spectacles in politics — a speaker’s race.
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Nine public hearings have been scheduled before lawmakers redraw four U.S. House seats and 174 state legislative seats. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Legislators set public redistricting hearings, complete with live-streaming
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 434 Reads
Mon, 07/12/2021 - 04:56 PM
The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have scheduled nine public hearings across the state to garner public input.
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A protester at the We are the 74 Rally held outside the Supreme Court building Tuesday in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

How many Mississippians voted for medical marijuana? It’s hard to say, and that’s by design.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 484 Reads
Mon, 07/12/2021 - 09:23 AM
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Protesters at the We are the 74 Rally held outside the Supreme Court building Tuesday in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Poll finds strong support for restoring state’s ballot initiative
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 1,649 Reads
Thu, 07/08/2021 - 04:56 PM
An overwhelming 82% of Mississippians believe there should be two ways to enact laws in the state – through the Legislature and through a citizen-sponsored ballot initiative process, according to a poll commissioned by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Action Fund.
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Lawmakers must decide whether the initiative process should be used to try to change the Mississippi Constitution, general law, or both. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Lawmakers far from consensus on fixing Mississippi ballot initiative process
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 5,749 Reads
Wed, 07/07/2021 - 04:45 PM
The devil will be in the details as legislators attempt to revive the state’s ballot initiative process that was killed by the Mississippi Supreme Court in May — and lawmakers appear far from a consensus on how, exactly, to get there.
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Attorney general candidate Lynn Fitch speaks during the Madison and Hinds County Republican Women candidate forum at The Lake House in Ridgeland, Miss., Monday, August 26, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

New boss same as old boss when it comes to AG using private lawyers
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 7,000 Reads
Mon, 07/05/2021 - 12:37 PM
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” — Pete Townshend in The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
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After a failed first try, the Senate passed a legislative alternative to the medical marijuana program voters approved in November.

Supreme Court refuses to reconsider medical marijuana ruling
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 2,918 Reads
Fri, 07/02/2021 - 03:26 PM
A last gasp effort has been rejected to convince the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark decision which struck down the medical marijuana initiative approved by voters in November and the entire ballot initiative process.
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Thompson is Mississippi’s only congressman who voted to ban Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 5,922 Reads
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 03:56 PM
Three of Mississippi’s four congressmen either voted against or say they oppose legislation passed by the U.S. House to remove all Confederate monuments from the United States Capitol.
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Federal court revives lawsuit seeking to overturn Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony voting ban
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 4,525 Reads
Mon, 06/28/2021 - 03:42 PM
New life has been breathed into a lawsuit attempting to overturn Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies.
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