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Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-led attempt to ban biological men from competing in women's sports on Monday. Wednesday, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith chided those who opposed the legislation, calling out the hypocrisy of Democrats who wore pink to protest President Trump's address to Congress. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would also ban recipients of federal funding from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that permit a male to participate in a women’s sporting event.

It was touted as a priority by some lawmakers, but it looks like a school choice bill won't be going anywhere this year. House Speaker Jason White accused Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann of saying one thing and doing another. Several education bills died in the Senate on Tuesday. That includes public-to-public school transfers, the Tim Tebow Act, and charter school expansion. The House is trying to keep school choice alive.

A Plantersville man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for distribution of meth. 48-year-old Alonzo Gilleyen pleaded guilty to the crime. Because of two prior felony convictions for drug trafficking, he was sentenced as a career offender. Plus, deputies in Hinds County are looking for suspects in a fatal shooting on Wednesday. Investigators found the body of 16-year-old Avion Donelson in the 3300 block of Memphis Street around noon.

A Pascagoula man is facing two first-degree murder charges for allegedly murdering his parents on Wednesday. Police were called to a home on Krebs Avenue after receiving reports that someone was being beaten. Officers said they found the victims dead outside, then saw 39-year-old Darold Sim Payne run inside, where he barricaded himself for several hours before law enforcement used tear gas to get him to surrender. Investigators believe Payne beat his parents to death with a cinderblock.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/suspect-arrested-2-dead-after-police-standoff-in-pascagoula/

Legislation initially intended to require those selling seafood in Mississippi to be transparent about where the food comes from, has been altered to create a task force to tackle the state’s mislabeling crisis. American ranchers are pushing for country of origin labeling so consumers can distinguish their product from foreign meat, often passed off as a U.S. product, when it was simply packaged or repackaged here.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/mississippi-senate-passes-bill-creating-task-force-to-assess-seafood-labeling-policy/

It will be a nice day across Mississippi, with only a slight chance of afternoon showers.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/your-mississippi-forecast-for-march-7/

The Senate passed an amended House Bill Thursday that will create a task force to discuss future seafood labeling regulations. READ MORE: https://www.supertalk.fm/mississippi-senate-passes-bill-creating-task-force-to-assess-seafood-labeling-policy/

House Speaker Jason White did not hold back when criticizing his legislative counterparts' refusal to legalize mobile sports betting in Mississippi.

As the court system braced for another landmark executive order President Trump, this one expected to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, Trump's team is now calling rumors of the order "fake news."

A Pakistani national was arrested Tuesday for child sex crime charges in Lee County. Plus, legendary lawmaker Robert Clark, Jr. will lie in state at the Capitol after passing away earlier this week. READ MORE: https://www.supertalk.fm/robert-clark-mississippis-first-black-lawmaker-post-reconstruction-dies-at-96/