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January 4, 2017

MITCHELL: #msleg to look at education funding and more

CHARLIE MITCHELL: Schools and slush funds could be topics this session It will be a short session, only 90 days. Mississippi lawmakers will be back home while the azaleas are still in bloom, at least in some parts of the state. What will make headlines? No one every really knows for sure, but K-12 education…
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January 4, 2017

State Sen. Hob Bryan’s opening day procedural trick falls flat in #msleg

2017 Mississippi legislative session begins Typically, the opening day of a session is mostly pomp and ceremony and devoid of much legislative work or debate, but that wasn’t the case Tuesday, as Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, tried to get the Senate to take up a bill he filed. He was trying to remove a measure…