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October 17, 2016

ClarionLedger editorial: Give @EdBuild a chance at #MAEP reform

CLARION LEDGER editorial – EdBuild deserves chance at school reform: Our view Joking aside, perhaps everyone should take a deep breath and then invest in the opportunity at hand. Follow the lead of the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents, which endorsed the review. It’s a notable move given the wide chasm that existed between MASS…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 17, 2016

State minimum wage DOA in #msleg, Medicaid expansion still debated

Policy reports often reaffirm legislators’ beliefs Mississippi is a right-to-work state, and any talk of a state minimum wage is dead on arrival in a Legislature where business interests hold considerably more sway than unions. The state’s three top Republicans — Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn — have…