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The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, with 122 members, and the upper Mississippi State Senate, with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term limits.
Article 4, Section 36 of the Mississippi Constitution specifies that the state legislature must meet for 125 days every four years and 90 days in other years. The Mississippi House of Representatives has the authority to determine rules of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and expel a member with a two-thirds vote of its membership. [1]
Joel R. Carter Jr. (born August 8, 1978) is an American politician and insurance representative who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 49th district since 2018. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life and education
The individual income tax is expected to generate about $2.1 billion for the state this year, behind an expected $2.9 billion from the sales tax, according to the budget office.
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He pledged to raise the state's teacher salaries to the Southeastern average, which Reed criticized as necessitating either a tax hike or funding cuts to other government responsibilities. Mabus spent a total of $2.9 million on his campaign, the most ever spent on a Mississippi gubernatorial candidacy. [ 39 ]
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signs a bill that will reduce the state income tax over four years, beginning in 2023, at his office in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
The Mississippi Legislature officially ratified the 13th Amendment in 1995, but the Secretary of State's office failed to officially notify the National Archives at that time. The oversight was identified and reported to Hosemann in 2013, who quickly submitted the appropriate documentation, making Mississippi the final state to ratify the ...