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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 13, 2019

YP Daily Roundup 3/13/19

Sen. Wicker expresses reservations over President’s emergency border declaration U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today commended President Trump and Senators who are reportedly working together to provide almost $6 billion for border walls and fencing while averting a Constitutional challenge over the separation of legislative and executive powers. A number of Senate Republicans are negotiating…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 12, 2019

Party lines crossed on passage of teacher pay raise amendment of $4,000

On Monday the Mississippi House of Representatives passed the Teacher Pay Raise bill, SB 2770, but not before approving an amendment offered by Representative Steve Holland. As passed in the Senate, the bill would offer a $1,000 raise for teachers over the next two years, effectively $500 a year per teacher. Just before the bill…