Legislative priorities take shape for session

Leaders’ priorities, major issues for 2016 Legislature

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Gov. Phil Bryant and others will push phasing out the franchise tax on businesses, which brings in about $245 million a year. But some leaders say the budget can’t sustain such tax cuts without major spending cuts elsewhere….

…Numerous reform measures pushed by GOP leaders in the past are likely to resurface — district consolidation, appointing rather than electing superintendents and more “school choice” such as charter school expansion….

…House Speaker Pro tem Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, has suggested the state adopt an alternative flag without banning the current one.

ClarionLedger
1/2/16