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- ↑ "2020-2024 Mississippi Blue Book | Michael Watson Secretary of state". www.sos.ms.gov. p. 556. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ↑ "Previous Sessions". MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ↑ Fambro, Cassie (2014-07-02). "'In God We Trust' added to Mississippi state seal with passage of religious freedom act". al. Retrieved 2024-12-29.