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The Mississippi Legislature waits on no holiday. It meets on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Valentine’s Day, Fat Tuesday and Good Friday. On occasion it has been in session on Easter Sunday.

It used to be a really big deal as a child to try to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Speaking before the Stennis Press Forum at the Capitol Club in downtown Jackson, Brandon Presley was as wound up as a preacher at a tent revival.