In Legal Terms Classic: 2024 New Laws

12/31/24 • 44 min

Happy New Year! What I mean is, Happy “ Fiscal “ New Year. Our state starts a new year with new laws. We’ll learn about those new laws from MPB’s legislative reporter – Will Stribling. We’ll learn what laws didn’t pass also.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission, on June 13, 2024, approved a new area code to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. The new area code is 471. Existing 662 customers will keep their current telephone numbers, but new customers, or requests for additional lines, may be assigned the new 471 area code once it’s activated. Further updates will be announced as the implementation process begins in late 2025 or early 2026.

We had Public Service Commissioner, for the Northern District, Chris Brown on In Legal Terms April 9th. You can listen to that podcast to learn more about the Public Service Commission.

You can find out vehicle information by listening to MPB’s Auto Correct. On recent broadcast/podcasts Germaine Flood and Master Mechanic Coach Charlie Melton talked about 2 bills that recently passed the Mississippi legislature:

House Bill 0349 Squatted vehicles; prohibit modifications to motor vehicle which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender. bans vehicles with front fenders that are four or more inches higher than rear fenders.

Senate Bill 2695 Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

If you’re interested in finding out what our Mississippi House and Senate members are up to you can read or watch them online. https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ is the website to read about measures.

Now, if you want power yourself – you can register to vote. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website has a wealth of information about registering to vote. October 7th is the deadline for registering to vote in the November general election.

AUGUST 7th Qualifying Period Begins. First day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying

statements for the offices of County School Board, Municipal Separate School District

Trustee, Special Municipal Separate School District Trustee or Consolidated/Consolidated

Line School District Trustee. Think about it. Could you see yourself on your county’s school board?

ILT Podcast about voting rights

ILT Mobile sports betting podcast

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We had Public Service Commissioner, for the Northern District, Chris Brown on In Legal Terms April 9th. You can listen to that podcast to learn more about the Public Service Commission.

Senate Bill 2695 Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

If you’re interested in finding out what our Mississippi House and Senate members are up to you can read or watch them online. https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ is the website to read about measures.

AUGUST 7th Qualifying Period Begins. First day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying

statements for the offices of County School Board, Municipal Separate School District

Trustee, Special Municipal Separate School District Trustee or Consolidated/Consolidated

Line School District Trustee. Think about it. Could you see yourself on your county’s school board?

ILT Podcast about voting rights

ILT Mobile sports betting podcast

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In Legal Terms Classic: Estate Planning 2024

MPB Think Radio’s In Legal Terms with expert host attorney Adam Kilgore.

We’ve got our most popular topic on the show today – Estate Planning. Everyone will die at some point. If you want a say on what happens to your property after you die, now is the time to make plans. Our guest Elizabeth Wynn from Kyle-Wynn and Associates will give us tips. If you’d like to read up on estate planning, Kyle-Wynn’s website has a resources tab with pdfs with information on HIPPA, trusts, veteran’s benefits and Medicaid information.

https://www.mpbfoundation.org/ has a link and information about creating a will. There’s also information about leaving a legacy and planned donations.

About 1 in 9 people (10.9%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s dementia increases with age. 33.4% of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia. People younger than 65 can also develop Alzheimer's dementia. Although prevalence studies of younger onset dementia in the U.S. are limited, researchers believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age 30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have younger-onset dementia. https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf

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In Legal Terms Classic Updated: Celebrating 10 years and Professor Gershon

Richard Gershon obituary

We’ve got a fantastic show for you today – if I do say so myself. I’m Liz Gill – MPB’s host. We’re going to Celebrate 10 years of In Legal Terms. We’re also celebrating Professor Richard Gershon from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He’s been here with the show since the beginning. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/richard-gershon/

Guests include:

former Director of Radio at MPB, Jason Klein
original expert co-host Matthew Hall, Associate Professor of Law and Jesse D. Puckett, Jr. Lecturer
original producer and host Rita Brent, https://www.ritabrent.com/

Plus many other coworkers and former guest of In Legal Terms.

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