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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 18, 2018

MDOT out from under State Personnel Board could mean better salaries, but fewer workers

One bill in the House, HB355, could remove the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) from under the State Personnel Board. A request author for the bill, Rep. Charles Busby, said was made by the department. “Right now we don’t pay enough money. One guy might be making $16,000 a year, learn his trade well and…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 18, 2018

Speaker Gunn: We are moving to a student-centered funding formula

Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives voted on and passed House Bill 957, which establishes the Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act of 2018. The new funding formula passed by a vote of 66-54. “Today, we have accomplished the first step of our goal of sending more dollars to the teachers and students in…