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- Gov. Tate Reeves answers questions from the media after signing qualifying paperwork to run for reelection at the Mississippi Republican Headquarters in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Legislative leaders want to override several of Gov. Tate Reeves’ vetoes
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/04/23-12:02PM , 895 Reads 8,886 Statewide
Legislative leaders hope to override Gov. Tate Reeves’ line-item vetoes of projects lawmakers approved last year, including $13 million to rejuvenate a golf course and build a nature trail at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park in Jackson.
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Lawmaker continues bid to remove archaic, misogynistic language from state rape, sexual battery laws
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,12/30/22-3:02PM , 596 Reads 13,628 Statewide
Mississippi’s rape and sexual battery laws still provide a spousal defense that can protect those who commit marital rape, and contain archaic and misogynistic language from the 1800s.
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- Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, left, answers questions during a press conference after a special session at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Session 2023: Hosemann proposes tax refund checks up to $500, increased ed spending, health care fixes
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,12/21/22-1:46PM , 756 Reads 27,935 Statewide
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wants to send taxpayers rebate checks up to $500, increase education spending and push year-’round schooling and pre-K, and find fixes for the state’s health care crisis “not just for next year, but for the next generation.”
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- Barber Michael Johnson's tools are in place as he prepares to cut a clients hair at Traxler's School of Hair in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Watchdog report slams state barber board, recommends axing it
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,12/20/22-12:14PM , 541 Reads 8,703 Statewide
The state’s legislative watchdog committee has issued a report critical of the Mississippi Board of Barber Examiners, and suggests lawmakers consider dissolving it and the separate cosmetology board and put regulation of both under the Health Department.
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