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House OKs congressional maps
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Fri,01/07/22-2:00AM , 603 Reads
JACKSON — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House on Thursday approved a plan to redraw the state's four congressional districts.
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Rep. Jason White, R-West, explains a facets of a congressional redistricting bill that earlier passed the House Rules Committee, on Wednesday, during debate at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. The majority of the House voted for the committee approved bill that redraws the current congressional districts. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi House OKs congressional remap amid objections
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/06/22-11:51AM , 387 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House on Thursday approved a plan to redraw the state's four congressional districts.
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House poised to vote on remap for Congress
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Thu,01/06/22-2:00AM , 512 Reads
JACKSON — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to redraw the state’s four congressional districts.
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Joint Congressional Redistricting and Legislative Reapportionment Committees chairman Rep. Jim Beckett, R-Bruce, stands before a poster of the "Magnolia 1" proposed congressional plan, and explains the process involved in determining the congressional boundaries following the meeting at the Capitol, during which the committees approved its final proposal for Congressional redistricting, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi House poised to vote on congressional remapping
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,01/05/22-5:14PM , 272 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to redraw the state's four congressional districts.
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