NEWSLETTER
March 12, 2017
With only three weeks left in the 2017 legislative sessions the Mississippi House is reaching some of its final deadlines. Wednesday marked the deadline for the […]
March 4, 2017
This week the Mississippi House of Representatives met in committees to consider bills passed by the Senate. The bills approved by committees this week now await […]
February 12, 2017
This is a reprint of an article I wrote earlier this summer. I have received several emails from citizens of Southaven asking my opinion on extending […]
February 5, 2017
The final week of January was another extremely busy week at the Mississippi capitol. Tuesday January 31st was the deadline for committees to pass legislation assigned […]
January 29, 2017
As we move through the 2017 legislative session every week seems to get busier than the last. On Wednesday the 25th I decided to track the […]
January 22, 2017
The third week of the 2017 legislative session began Monday with a joint Education and Appropriations committee meeting, where the consulting group, EdBuild presented their recommendations […]
January 14, 2017
The second week of the 2017 Mississippi Legislature is complete and as always there are surprises in store for the citizens of Mississippi. As the session […]
January 8, 2017
The Mississippi Legislature convened at noon on January 3, 2017. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Great State of Mississippi. Mississippi is a state […]
May 23, 2016
Last week the people of Mississippi were successful in their efforts to have Dr. Carey Wright, MS State Superintendent of Education, reverse her decision to follow […]
May 17, 2016
Many of you are aware of the recent policy demand placed on public schools by the Obama Administration. In a letter to all state education departments […]
April 16, 2016
Its Saturday morning and I’m sitting at my desk on the House floor. This weekend, the last weekend of the 2016 session is conference weekend. Today […]
April 9, 2016
As the 2016 legislative sessions begins to wind down the House has sent several bills to Governor Bryant for his consideration and invited the Senate to […]
April 2, 2016
Every week seems to hold another deadline, by Wednesday, House members needed to address all general, non-revenue bills received from the Senate. If a Senate bill […]
March 27, 2016
This past week was another busy week at the capitol. Looming deadlines seem to propel the House into action and this weeks deadline was for committees […]
March 20, 2016
This week the House faced the deadline for floor action on Appropriation and Revenue bills originating in the House. Which means we spent millions of YOUR […]
March 20, 2016
This week, members of the House turned their focus toward budget matters, with both the Appropriations and Ways and Means committees very active. The Appropriations committee […]
March 12, 2016
This week at your capitol was very different than the previous week. Speaker Gunn and the Black Democrat Caucus had worked out a compromise and we […]
February 27, 2016
The last week of February was a very interesting week in Jackson. We began the week with a flurry of committee meetings and ended with […]
February 20, 2016
Just when I thought things at the capitol couldn’t get any busier we hit the deadline for submission of general bills and the committees began meeting. […]
February 14, 2016
Last week was another busy week in Jackson, MS. Monday marked the last day for general bills to be submitted by representatives, and 2016 is a […]
January 29, 2016
January 22, 2016
This was a busy week in your state government. On Tuesday your capitol was visited by citizens who support our state flag and I dropped my […]
January 16, 2016
This week in the Mississippi House of Representatives, I attended Governor Phil Bryant’s inaugural speech, voted on several resolutions and attended hearings on the contested House […]
January 9, 2016
I completed my first week as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. On Tuesday January 5th I was very proud to have my family […]