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January 20, 2017

Mississippi House of Representatives Weekly Summary for January 19, 2017

Mississippi House of Representatives- Week of January 16, 2017 The state legislature had a full schedule during the third week of the 2017 legislative session, which began Monday with a joint Education and Appropriations committee meeting, where the consulting group, EdBuild presented their recommendations to revamp the state’s education funding formula. First and foremost, EdBuild…
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January 20, 2017

State Sen. Wiggins files bill to send BP monies to Tidelands Fund #msleg

Pascagoula Sen. Brice Wiggins files bill funneling BP settlement money into Tidelands funds With the subject of BP/Deepwater Horizon settlement dollars high on the Coast delegation’s mind this legislative session, Wiggins filed Senate Bill 2285 proposing a process for distributing these funds. The bill proposes that 95 percent of the BP settlement funds, be deposited…