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February 24, 2016

Speaker Gunn believes #MSflag should be changed but can’t gain consensus in House

Speaker Philip Gunn Statement on Changing MS Flag Jackson, MS— Speaker of the House Philip Gunn responded today to Tuesday’s committee deadline passing without the emergence of a bill to address the State flag. “For anyone to suggest I have surrendered or backed up on my position of changing the flag is simply not true,”…
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February 23, 2016

State Rep. Holland (D) calls HB 943 “vicious attack on public education” by Republicans in op-ed

Letters to the Editor: Feb. 23, 2016 Contact all legislators in support of public schools The Republican-controlled Legislature has put forward a vicious attack on public education in the form of HB 943. This bill came out of the House Education Committee with virtually unanimous support from the GOP supermajority. The issue at stake is…