Posts Tagged ‘House of Representatives’

MBJ EDITORIAL: Signs point to costly provincialism in demise of Landmark

Sticking it to your neighbor can be a gratifying exercise for some Mississippi legislators — especially when they aren’t personally writing the checks that cover the cost of the sticking. Which brings us to the sticking leaders of the Mississippi House of Representatives gave Jackson and the state’s taxpayers on April 3, the last day [...] [...]

Court tosses lawsuit over size of House

by Associated Press Published: December 14,2010

Tags: Congress, courts, elections, House of Representatives

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal that calls for greatly increasing the House of Representatives to reduce discrepancies in the population of congressional districts from one state to another. The justices yesterday ordered a lower federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from Mississippi. The suit said House districts vary widely in population, [...] [...]

House proposes another budget plan

by Associated Press Published: February 11,2010

Tags: education, House of Representatives, Legislature, state government

JACKSON — The Mississippi House is making another attempt to plug some holes in the current state budget. The House passed a bill yesterday that proposes taking $79 million from financial reserves and putting it into several state programs, with the biggest chunk going to education. The bill passed the Senate in a different form [...] [...]

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