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March 13, 2008

Advocates want Barbour to veto worker bill

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/13/8 Gov. Haley Barbour has until Monday to act on a bill that would require companies to make sure all their employees are working legally in Mississippi. The Republican governor already has indicated he likely will sign Senate Bill 2988. If no action is taken, the bill becomes law by default. A group…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 13, 2008

House sends teacher pay raise to Senate

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/13/8 The Mississippi Senate will have an opportunity to pass and send to the governor a House proposal to provide a pay raise to the state’s 30,000 teachers. With limited debate, the House voted 114-8 Wednesday for legislation to provide teachers a 3 percent pay raise starting Jan. 1. The…