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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oh, Mississippi." The Mississippi Ethics Commission stopped short of issuing a final order in the dispute — which arose when the Mississippi Free Press questioned whether House Speaker Philip ...

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 ...

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 leads ...