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February 11, 2016

EmpowerMS touts Legislation to Expand ESA’s Introduced in House and Senate

RELEASE: Legislation to Expand ESA’s Introduced in House and Senate RIDGELAND, Miss.- New legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate to expand education choice options to all Mississippi families. HB 943, introduced by Rep. John Moore (R-Brandon), and SB 2385, introduced by Sen. Buck Clarke (R-Hollandale), will make the Education Scholarship Account…
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February 11, 2016

MDOC Commissioner Fisher requests level funding, no cuts

Prison Chief Requests No Cuts in Budget At a House Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher recapped his efforts to cut costs and asked for $374 million in funding. It’s the same level of funding the department received last year. Fisher says the department is “seriously understaffed,” which leaves probation…