How can a state's Legislature not be a public body? Is this an admission that Mississippi Legislature is a privately owned publicly funded body held by the highest bidder?
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Mississippi Free Press
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 Commission finding.
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The press conflates the GOP Party caucus (private, immune to Open Meetings) with the Legislature (public, subject to Open Meetings)
The MS GOP has a supra-majority making the Republican caucus (private) into a de facto Legislature (public).