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February 17, 2015

House Dem leader Rep. Moak uses Alday comments to take shot at Gov. Bryant

CRAWDADDY: Mississippi lawmaker says the hour was late when he made racist crack Democrats took a shot a Gov. Phil Bryant as well. “Comments about teachers ‘not prepared to teach children to read’ and ‘Mississippi’s public education system has been an abysmal failure’ demonstrate Governor Bryant’s failure to understand what educators do while racially divisive…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 17, 2015

State Sen. Nancy Collins plans to change House bill on doing business with Iran

Miss. senator says she plans to alter Iran divestment bill JACKSON, MISS. — A Mississippi state senator trying to curtail investments in Iran says she’s reworking the bill over concerns that it could hurt the state’s ability to work with automaker Toyota Motor Corp. The state Senate allowed Senate Bill 2807 to die at a…