Dem Legislators Endorse Hillary ClintonDemocratic lawmakers chanted their endorsement for Hillary Clinton in the Mississippi Capitol after a brief press conference Wednesday when legislators from the House and the Senate endorsed her as the Democratic presidential primary candidate.
2016 Education BillsEducation is a hot topic in the Mississippi Legislature. The following education bills dropped for consideration.
Legislature, If You Care About Kids, Prove ItWith the large corporate incentive package behind us that will, hopefully, create jobs down the road, it's time for legislators to start working on more pressing issues, including how the state will spend its limited budget for the coming year.
Breastfeeding Bill: Let Women Work and NurseThe Centers for Disease and Control, the U.S. Surgeon General and the majority of research on the topic indicate that breastfeeding is better than using formula when a baby is born.
'Proper Burials' for 'Unborn Infants' Sought in Mississippi BillThe Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act would entitle "miscarried, stillborn or aborted infants" to "proper burials" and make selling the "broken bodies of aborted infants" for scientific experimentation a crime in the state of Mississippi.