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January 3, 2018

MDOC seeking better wages for employees, avoid further cuts

Understaffed MDOC hopes to avoid further budget reductions The Mississippi Department of Corrections is still hamstrung by lack of corrections officers and guards, largely because of low pay, that has led recently to the closing of some units at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution. “Seeking better wages for our employees, who are among the lowest…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 3, 2018

Key committee chairs left unfilled on day one of #msleg

2018 legislative session opens with big issues on the horizon Neither presiding officer filled key committee vacancies caused by resignations of legislators during the past year. The most influential vacancy is the House Education Committee chair. Gunn said he hopes to have the committee vacancies filled by the end of the week. The key Senate…