The Mississippi Ethics Commission formally ruled Wednesday that the state legislature is not a "public body" and therefore not covered by the state's open meetings law.

The ruling of the Ethics Commission that the Mississippi Legislature, the most high profile and in terms of influence, the most consequential public body in the state, is not bound by the state ...

Mississippi Clarion-Ledger. The City of Pearl’s written policies on police chases are not public information, the Mississippi Ethics Commission has ruled.

GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. – A new complaint filed with the Mississippi Ethics Commission alleges leaders in the George County School District broke state law regarding public records.The four-page ...

The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics ...

The Mississippi Open Meetings Act says specifically that all “policy making bodies” are subject to the law. But Thomas and the Ethics Commission majority said the law is referring to executive ...

A city in northern Mississippi will no longer charge records requesters a non-refundable $75 fee to search for public records after a journalist successfully challenged the legality of a local ...

JACKSON - Members of the Mississippi Ethics Commission by a 5-3 vote Wednesday reiterated their belief that the state Legislature, which appropriates more than $20 billion annually in state and ...

PERRY COUNTY, Miss. – A state lawmaker has unpaid fines to the Mississippi Ethics Commission for failing to submit financial reports required by state law.The commission says State Rep. Dale ...

The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics ...

JACKSON - The eight-member Mississippi Ethics Commission voted 5-3 Friday that the state Legislature is not bound by the state’s open meetings law. The Mississippi Constitution states that ...

Mississippians this week continued to lament the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s recent opinion that the state legislature is not subject to the Mississippi open meetings law. Here, Kentucky ...