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January 23, 2014

PERRY – Bringing home the bacon

PERRY/Bringing home the bacon Republicans and Democrats alike praised the recent $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed last week; Republicans and Democrats alike also criticized it. All of Mississippi’s federal delegation voted for the measure that encompassed 12 appropriation bills. That includes the sole Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson and all Republicans: Sens. Thad Cochran and…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2014

12 month pay fix for teachers moving forward in House

State lawmakers say Mississippi schoolteachers will be getting paid over 12 months despite the change in school start dates this year, but they can’t guarantee the same for other school employees. Bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and others, lawmakers said, may have to shift to a nine-month pay schedule. Read more at ClarionLedger