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Mississippi
May 10, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. – The SPLC Action Fund today endorsed Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley in the Mississippi governor’s race. According to recent polling , Presley, a Democrat, leads embattled Gov. Tate Reeves in a head-...
Alabama
May 04, 2023
Montgomery, Ala. – Today, the Alabama House of Representatives passed an anti-voter bill, H.B. 209 , which would make it a felony for an Alabamian to distribute an absentee ballot application to anyone other than their family...
Florida
May 02, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — Spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis, today, the Republican-majority Florida legislature passed an omnibus anti-immigrant bill that leaves all Floridians — including U.S. citizens — exposed to felony charges. Senate...
Mississippi
April 18, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala . — Amid a competitive race for governor of Mississippi, the SPLC Action Fund’s New Southern Majority federal independent expenditure (IE) PAC announced today plans to spend an initial $250,000 to ensure new state...
Mississippi
April 04, 2023
JACKSON, Ms. — Today, the Mississippi State Legislature passed H.B.1020 and S.B. 2343 to expand the jurisdiction and authority of the Capitol Police, authorize the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint four special judges...
Florida
March 28, 2023
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Bacardi Jackson, deputy legal director of the Children’s Rights Practice Group , in response to the Florida Legislature’s passage of H.B. 1 — new...
Mississippi
March 23, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Mississippi Policy Director Sonya Williams Barnes in response to the state legislature’s failure to restore a ballot initiative process despite...
