Transparency in the Mississippi government

Mississippi.gov
URL: http://www.mississippi.gov/

Description:
 * Official website for the state of Mississippi.

MERLIN.net
URL: https://merlin.state.ms.us/merlin/merlin.nsf/Navigation?OpenForm&Public

Description:
 * Official state spending database.
 * Contains information on budget, contracts, revenues, payroll, and more.

Mississippi State Legislature
URL: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/

Description:
 * Web portal for state legislative information.

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/lobbying/Lobbyist_Dir.asp

Description:
 * Mississippi Secretary of State Elections website allows searching and printing of lobbyist/client directories.
 * Also lists a lobbyist compensation report beginning in 1998: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/lobbying/Lobbyist_CompRpt01.asp

State campaign disclosure information
URL: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/CampFinc/index.asp

Description:
 * Mississippi Secretary of State Elections website has searchable campaign finance reports.

More legislative information
For more on transparency legislation, see the Mississippi transparency legislation webpage at Sunshine Review.