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March 31, 2015

With Rep. Smith saying LG Tate Reeves won’t budge, Legislature passes $450 million in bonds

Bond bill passes despite complaints from colleges JACKSON – Mississippi lawmakers voted Monday to borrow $450 million for a range of needs, including $24.5 million to build an aquarium in Gulfport. House and Senate members passed Senate Bill 2906, which contains $250 million in borrowing. The House also gave final passage to House Bill 1630,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 31, 2015

Attorney Michael Wallace defending Legislature’s alternate #Initiative42 ballot language

Lawyer backs Legislature’s school funding alternative JACKSON – An attorney with strong Republican connections is defending the Mississippi Legislature’s decision to put an alternative to a citizen-sponsored education funding measure on this November’s ballot. Some Democratic lawmakers had a terse exchange Monday with the House speaker over who authorized the attorney to speak for the…