House of Representatives and others, listen to songwriter and singer Steve Azar sing, "One Mississippi", during the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:
The 140th Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature is now under way, and as lawmakers argue over how to spend $7 billion of your dollars, it can be hard for the layperson to understand all the legislative jargon, mangled Latin terms and rules and definitions.