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July 13, 2016

Cleveland School Board votes 3-2 to appeal federal judge’s desegregation order

Cleveland School District appeals order in desegregation case A Mississippi school board has voted along racial lines to appeal a federal judge’s order in a long-running desegregation case. The Cleveland School District filed papers Monday asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the order that requires campus consolidations. Board attorney Jamie Jacks…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 13, 2016

State Treasurer Fitch says Moody’s report on rainy day fund spending a “shot over Mississippi’s bow”

Fitch: Moody’s report is ‘warning shot over Mississippi’s bow’ Moody’s bond credit rating agency has reported Mississippi’s withdrawals from its rainy day fund to cover slumping revenue as a “credit negative,” but notes the state has a history of cutting its spending when money is tight and that it just received $150 million from BP.…