At the annual Mississippi Press Association convention on the Coast in late June, a pair of Coast legislators -- Democrat Dave Baria of Bay St. Louis and Republican Brice Wiggins of Pascagoula -- were part of a panel discussion on the controversial 2016 legislative session.
Generally, interest in the doings of the Legislature ends almost as soon as the lawmakers leave Jackson in April. That the 2016 session is still being talked about is a sure sign that this session stood apart, and not for go
Slim Smith is a columnist and feature writer for The Dispatch. His email address is [email protected].
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