Mississippi Business Journal » Mississippi House of Representatives http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MARTY WISEMAN: Redistricting a consequence of 2012 election http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/06/opinion-redistricting-a-consequence-of-2012-election/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-redistricting-a-consequence-of-2012-election http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/06/opinion-redistricting-a-consequence-of-2012-election/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 06:01:22 +0000 Marty Wiseman http://msbusiness.com/?p=56677 Joint Resolution 1, the redistricting plan for the Mississippi House of Representatives, has been introduced, debated, and passed. This exercise in the redistricting process, which is one of the most political functions undertaken in all of the activities required of a legislative body, is a tough, bitter exercise in partisan politics. Basically, the redistricting motivation [...]

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