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- ↑ "Angela Burks Hill". Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ↑ "MS legislator pushing animal cruelty bill". Clarionledger.com. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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