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January 14, 2013

Reeves scores victory – House passes bill to spend cash, not bond money

House passes bill to spend cash, not bond money The state would spend $72.6 million in cash on various capital projects under a bill approved Friday by the Mississippi House. The move appears to concede to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ wish that Mississippi begin paying for some needs out of its ongoing budget instead of…
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January 14, 2013

Harrison scratching for anti-charter school quotes

Most area legislators want charters limited In interviews during the opening week of the 2013 session with 20 Northeast Mississippi legislators, a majority said they would support charter schools in poor-performing districts, but not in other areas without the approval of local school boards. “We have good schools for the most part in Northeast Mississippi,”…