This week in politics: Parchman Farm bill dies in committee

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Grant McLaughlin covers the Legislature and state government for the Clarion Ledger.
42% : While lawmakers in both the House and Senate began the scramble to pass bills out of committee before the Feb. 4 deadline, two "dummy bills" made the cut so legislators can continue waiting on what the GOP-controlled Congress and White House do to Medicaid.
40% : The bill would have phased out Parchman's inmate population and employees to another prison while keeping death row, the hospital and some other services at Parchman.

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