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February 12, 2015

#MS01: Hernando mayor Johnson, McDanielite Sen. Parker consider Congressional runs

Johnson, Parker mull bid Two high-profile DeSoto County Republicans are mulling a bid to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who was laid to rest in Tupelo Monday after succumbing to a battle with brain cancer last week. Longtime Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson, a Republican, who was first elected to serve as mayor of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 12, 2015

MS Senate defeats bill that would prohibit use of any Common Core standards

Senate rejects full Common Core break JACKSON – The Mississippi Senate rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have prevented the state Board of Education from using any of the Common Core academic standards. The Senate by a 37-13 margin defeated a Tea Party-supported amendment offered by Sen. Angela Hill, R-Picayune, that would require the state…