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January 21, 2014

Fitch expects state’s bond debt to drop below $4B

Fitch expects state’s bond debt to drop below $4B State Treasurer Lynn Fitch told lawmakers yesterday that she expects Mississippi’s bond debt to drop back below $4 billion by the end of the current budget year, for the first time since 2011. She said that’s good because bond rating agencies want to know that the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 21, 2014

Hundreds of teachers fill Capitol to rally for pay raise

Hundreds of teachers fill Capitol to rally for pay raise Mississippi teachers, parents and public education advocates held a barn-burner of a rally at the Capitol on Monday, calling for a teacher pay raise and full funding of public education. About 400 people filled the second-floor rotunda Monday afternoon, and crowded around the railings of…