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DOJ dismisses pay discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi Senate
The Department of Justice has dismissed its civil lawsuit against the Mississippi State Senate over allegations that the legislative body paid a Black attorney less money than her white colleagues.
 
Panel orders Mississippi to redraw DeSoto County legislative districts as special elections loom
A federal three-judge panel has ordered Mississippi officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect candidates to the state Senate.
 
Trump to appoint two Northern District Mississippi judges after Aycock takes senior status
President Donald Trump can now appoint two new judges to the federal bench in the Northern District of Mississippi. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock announced recently that she was taking senior status which means she will have a reduced caseload.
 
Federal judges hear arguments from NAACP, state officials over new legislative districts
A federal three-judge panel has heard arguments over whether the Mississippi Legislature’s proposed redistricting maps satisfy a court order that determined state officials diluted Black voting strength when they redrew the state’s 174 legislative districts in 2022.
 
Early voting proposal killed on last day of Mississippi legislative session
Mississippi will remain one of only three states without no-excuse early voting or absentee voting. Senate leaders decided on the last day of their 2025 session not to send a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves that would have expanded voting options.
 
Mississippi governor says he’ll call special session after lawmakers failed to set budget
Gov. Tate Reeves plans to call Mississippi lawmakers into a special session to adopt a budget before state agencies run out of money later this summer.
 
Mississippi Legislature ends 2025 session without setting a budget over GOP infighting
The House has voted to end a legislative session without passing a state budget for the first time in 16 years. The Senate is expected to follow suit on Thursday.
 
Mississippi governor signs typo tax overhaul bill into law to phase out income tax
Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system, aiming to eliminate the state income tax in about 14 years. Reeves says it will attract corporate investment and workers. The law reduces the income tax rate gradually.
 
Speaker says Mississippi House willing to renegotiate typo tax bill
House Speaker Jason White has admitted that House leaders knowingly passed a typo-riddled tax overhaul plan in Mississippi that Senate leaders have since admitted was a mistake.
 
Senate and House pass revised plans to eliminate income tax, increase gasoline tax
The GOP-controlled Mississippi House and Senate have passed competing “compromise” plans to eliminate the state income tax and raise gasoline taxes — but the Senate only narrowly passed its plan with the help of four Democrats.
 
New Mississippi legislative maps head to court for approval despite DeSoto lawmakers’ objections
Voters from 15 Mississippi legislative districts will decide special elections this November if a federal court goes along with two redistricting maps approved by state lawmakers.
 
Mississippi Senate passes redistricting that calls for 10 new elections
Voters from 10 Senate districts in Mississippi will have to re-decide in November special elections who should represent them in Jackson under a resolution the Senate approved. The chamber passed the plan on Wednesday 33-16.
 
Mississippi Senate passes its income tax cut plan
The Mississippi Senate has voted to pass a tax cut that reduces the state income tax and the sales tax on groceries while raising the gasoline tax, setting up negotiations with the House.
 
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Hosemann unveils $326 million ‘sustainable, cautious’ tax cut plan
Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has unveiled the Mississippi Senate’s $326 million tax cut proposal. It reduces the state income tax and the sales tax on groceries and raises the gasoline tax to fund road work.
 
‘School choice’ bill sending taxpayer money to private schools stalls in Mississippi House
Mississippi House leaders say a bill that would have allowed some parents to use taxpayer money to pay for private school does not have the support to pass this session.
 
Court-ordered redistricting will require do-over legislative elections this year
The Mississippi House has approved a resolution that would allow five seats in the chamber to be re-decided in a November special election to comply with a federal court order.
 
Reeves pushes income tax elimination, opposes Medicaid expansion in State of the State address
Amid a likely debate between Mississippi House and Senate leaders over plans to slash state taxes, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves strongly encouraged the Legislature in his State-of-the-State Address to pass a law that abolishes the state income tax.
 
Mississippi House passes $1.1 billion income tax elimination-gas and sales tax increase plan
A bill that phases out the state income tax, cuts the state grocery tax and raises sales taxes and gasoline taxes has passed the Mississippi House with a bipartisan vote.
 
Mississippi House set to vote this week on income tax elimination-gas tax increase plan
A Mississippi House committee has passed a major tax cut plan that would eventually abolish the state income tax, reduce taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and provide more money for road work.
 
Proposal: eliminate income tax, add 5% tax on gas, allow cities, counties to levy local sales tax
Mississippi House leaders have unveiled a tax cut proposal that would eventually abolish the state income tax, slash taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and shore up funds for state and local road work.
 
Mississippi will have at least three special elections this year to fill legislative seats
Some Mississippians will have the chance to participate in special elections to fill vacancies in the state Legislature. Rep. Charles Young Jr. died on December 19, and Rep. Andy Stepp died on December 5. Sen.
 
Speaker White, Lt. Gov. Hosemann unveil tax cuts, other proposals as 2025 legislative session starts
Mississippi’s top legislative leaders have unveiled details of their different plans to cut state taxes and potentially expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor.